Analysis of Spring Love
Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)
I saw her coming through the flowery grass,
Round her swift ankles butterfly and bee
Blent loud and silent wings ; I saw her pass
Where foam-bows shivered on the sunny sea.
Then came the swallow crowding up the dawn,
And cuckoo-echoes filled the dewy South.
I left my love upon the hill, alone,
My last kiss burning on her lovely mouth.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010101001 101101001 1101011101 1111010101 1101010101 011010101 1111010101 1111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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