Analysis of Recent Appearance Of A Lady

George Moses Horton 1779 (North Carolina) – 1883



The joy of meeting one so fair,
Inspires the present stream of song;
A bonny belle,
That few excel,
And one with whom I few compare,
Though out of sight so long.

It is a cause of much delight,
When lads and lasses meet again;
But, bonny belle,
No long to dwell,
For soon, upon the wing of flight,
We haste away in pain.

That long hid form I smile to trace,
A star emerging out of gloom,
Exalted belle,
Whose powers impel,
And draw the heart by every grace,
The queen of every bloom.

Long out of sight, but still in mind,
Eternal me'mry holds its grasp,
Still, bonny belle,
'Tis sweet to tell
Of thee, when I am left behind
In sorrow's lonely clasp.


Scheme ABCCAB DXCCDX EFCCEF GHCCGH
Poetic Form
Metre 01110111 01010111 0101 1101 01111101 111111 11011101 1101101 1101 1111 11010111 110101 11111111 01010111 0101 11001 010111001 0111001 11111101 0101111 1101 1111 11111101 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 656
Words 128
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton was an African-American poet and the first African American poet to be published in the Southern United States. His book was published in 1828 while he was still a slave; he remained a slave until he was emancipated late in the Civil War. more…

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