Analysis of Folies de Femmes
Harry Crosby 1898 (Boston) – 1929 (New York City)
In scarlet tunic rare a concubine
With subtle limbs, and breasts laid bare
For me to kiss. Soft eyes that sadly shine
A nubile maiden slave, intensely fair,
Strange frightened rose. A pagan priestess pale
Wearing a clinging robe of silvergreen.
In silken slashéd gold a houri frail
With veiléd face, mere child of seventeen.
But though my senses often are akin
To wretched trafficking, my soul is gold
And sails upon the winds, a harlequin
Unstained by sin and fearless as of old.
You are the lovely laughing columbine
Who fills my heart with dazzling amber wine.
Scheme | ABABCACDEFGFAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101010 11010111 1111111101 011010101 1101010101 10010111 010111011 1111111101 1111010101 1101001111 0101010100 0111010111 110101010 11111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 560 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 452 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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