Analysis of Flos Lunae
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
I would not alter thy cold eyes,
Nor trouble the calm fount of speech
With aught of passion or surprise.
The heart of thee I cannot reach:
I would not alter thy cold eyes!
I would not alter thy cold eyes;
Nor have thee smile, nor make thee weep:
Though all my life droops down and dies,
Desiring thee, desiring sleep,
I would not alter thy cold eyes.
I would not alter thy cold eyes;
I would not change thee if I might,
To whom my prayers for incense rise,
Daughter of dreams! my moon of night!
I would not alter thy cold eyes.
I would not alter thy cold eyes,
With trouble of the human heart:
Within their glance my spirit lies,
A frozen thing, alone, apart;
I would not alter thy cold eyes.
Scheme | AbabA AcacA AdadA AeaeA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110111 11001111 11110101 01111101 11110111 11110111 11111111 11111101 0100101001 11110111 11110111 11111111 11111011 10111111 11110111 11110111 11010101 01111101 01010101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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