Analysis of Love in a Look
Henry Van Dyke 1852 (Germantown, Pennsylvania) – 1933 (Princeton, New Jersey)
Let me but feel thy look's embrace,
Transparent, pure, and warm,
And I'll not ask to touch thy face,
Or fold thee with mine arm.
For in thine eyes a girl doth rise,
Arrayed in candid bliss,
And draws me to her with a charm
More close than any kiss.
A loving-cup of golden wine,
Songs of a silver brook,
And fragrant breaths of eglantine,
Are mingled in thy look.
More fair they are than any star,
Thy topaz eyes divine --
And deep within their trysting-nook
Thy spirit blends with mine.
| Scheme | AXABXCBC DEDEXDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 010101 01111111 111111 10110111 010101 01110101 111101 01011101 110101 0101110 110011 11111101 11101 0101111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 482 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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