Analysis of Jessie
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
When I remark her golden hair
Swoon on her glorious shoulders,
I marvel not that sight so rare
Doth ravish all beholders;
For summon hence all pretty girls
Renowned for beauteous tresses,
And you shall find among their curls
There's none so fair as Jessie's.
And Jessie's eyes are, oh, so blue
And full of sweet revealings--
They seem to look you through and through
And read your inmost feelings;
Nor black emits such ardent fires,
Nor brown such truth expresses--
Admit it, all ye gallant squires--
There are no eyes like Jessie's.
Her voice (like liquid beams that roll
From moonland to the river)
Steals subtly to the raptured soul,
Therein to lie and quiver;
Or falls upon the grateful ear
With chaste and warm caresses--
Ah, all concede the truth (who hear):
There's no such voice as Jessie's.
Of other charms she hath such store
All rivalry excelling,
Though I used adjectives galore,
They'd fail me in the telling;
But now discretion stays my hand--
Adieu, eyes, voice, and tresses.
Of all the husbands in the land
There's none so fierce as Jessie's.
Scheme | ABABCDCB EBEXBXBB FGFGHDHB IJIJKDKB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11010010 11011111 1111 11011101 011110 01110111 111111 0111111 01111 11111101 011110 110111010 1111010 011111010 111111 01110111 111010 11001011 0111010 11010101 1101010 11010111 111111 11011111 1100010 11110001 1110010 11010111 0111010 11010001 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,067 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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