Analysis of Love
George Moses Horton 1779 (North Carolina) – 1883
Whilst tracing thy visage I sink in emotion,
For no other damsel so wond'rous I see;
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I think of no other, my true-love, but thee.
With heart-burning rapture I gaze on thy beauty,
And fly like a bird to the boughs of a tree;
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I fancy no other, my true-love, but thee.
Thus oft in the valley I think, and I wonder
Why cannot a maid with her lover agree?
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I pine for no other, my true-love, but thee.
I'd fly from thy frowns with a heart full of sorrow--
Return, pretty damsel, and smile thou on me;
By every endeavor, I'll try thee forever,
And languish until I am fancied by thee.
Scheme | xaBa aaBa caBa xaca |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 110110110010 1110101111 111110111010 11111011111 111010111110 01101101101 111110111010 11011011111 110010110110 11001101001 111110111010 11111011111 111111011110 01101001111 1100010111010 01001111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 720 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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