Analysis of O Cupid, Cupid; Get Your Bow!
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Arming down along the stream,
Along the sparkling water,
And past the pool where lilies gleam,
There comes the squatter’s daughter.
Her eyes are kind; her lips are warm;
And like a flower her face is;
The habit shows her bonny form
As graceful as a Grace’s.
O I’ll be mad of love, I know;
My head she’ll surely addle;
O Cupid, Cupid; get your bow;
And shoot her from the saddle!
For, like a bird on breezes waft,
She quickly, quickly passes;
O Cupid, Cupid, draw your shaft;
And bring her to the grasses!
O she is worthy game for you;
And there is none to match her.
So, Cupid, send your arrow true;
And I’ll be there to catch her!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE XFXF GBGB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1010101 0101010 01011101 1101010 01110111 01010011 01010101 1101010 11111111 1111010 11010111 0101010 11011101 1101010 11010111 0101010 11110111 0111110 11011101 0111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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