Analysis of Beauty Rothraut (From Moricke)
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
What is the name of King Ringang's daughter?
Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut!
And what does she do the livelong day,
Since she dare not knit and spin alway?
O hunting and fishing is ever her play!
And, heigh! that her huntsman I might be!
I'd hunt and fish right merrily!
Be silent, heart!
And it chanced that, after this some time, -
Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut, -
The boy in the Castle has gained access,
And a horse he has got and a huntsman's dress,
To hunt and to fish with the merry Princess;
And, O! that a king's son I might be!
Beauty Rohtraut I love so tenderly.
Hush! hush! my heart.
Under a grey old oak they sat,
Beauty, Beauty Rohtraut!
She laughs: 'Why look you so slyly at me?
If you have heart enough, come, kiss me.'
Cried the breathless boy, 'kiss thee?'
But he thinks, kind fortune has favoured my youth;
And thrice he has kissed Beauty Rohtraut's mouth.
Down! down! mad heart.
Then slowly and silently they rode home, -
Rohtraut, Beauty Rohtraut!
The boy was lost in his delight:
'And, wert thou Empress this very night,
I would not heed or feel the blight;
Ye thousand leaves of the wild wood wist
How Beauty Rohtraut's mouth I kiss'd.
Hush! hush! wild heart.'
Scheme | xAaxxbba xAcccbba aabbbxxa xAaaaaaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111110 1101 01111011 11111011 11001011001 011010111 11011100 1101 011110111 1101 010010111 0011110011 11011101010 011011111 101111100 1111 10011111 10101 1111111011 111101111 1010111 1111101111 011111011 1111 1100100111 1101 01110101 011101101 11111101 110110111 1101111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,151 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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