Analysis of Wish
Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)
I'd like to show your eyes the plains
And a forest green and ruddy,
Far off and soft
Under clear skies on the horizon,
Or some hills
With lovely slopes
So changing and supple and misty,
Seeming to melt in the sweetness of the air,
Either hills
Or forest.
I'd like
For you to hear
Strong, vast, deep, and tender,
The great dull voice of the sea
That moans
Like Love;
And once in a while
Right next to you,
In the interval,
I'd like you to hear
Right next to you
A dove
In the silence
Both soft and weak
Like Love a trifle in the shadows,
I'd like you to hear
The gushing of a spring
For your hands I'd like some flowers,
And for your steps
I'd like a little path, grassy and sandy
Going up a bit and coming down,
Turning and seeming
To approach the limits of silence.
A very little sandy path
Where your steps would leave faint marks,
Our steps
Together.
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Metre | 11111101 00101010 1101 101110010 111 1101 110010010 10110010101 101 110 11 1111 111010 0111101 11 11 01001 1111 00100 11111 1111 01 0010 1101 11010001 11111 010101 11111110 0111 11010110010 101010101 10010 101010110 01010101 1111111 101 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 825 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 37 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 661 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 168 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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