Analysis of Beware! (From The German)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
I know a maiden fair to see,
Take care!
She can both false and friendly be,
Beware! Beware!
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee!
She has two eyes, so soft and brown,
Take care!
She gives a side-glance and looks down,
Beware! Beware!
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee!
And she has hair of a golden hue,
Take care!
And what she says, it is not true,
Beware! Beware!
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee!
She has a bosom as white as snow,
Take care!
She knows how much it is best to show,
Beware! Beware!
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee!
She gives thee a garland woven fair,
Take care!
It is a fool's-cap for thee to wear,
Beware! Beware!
Trust her not,
She is fooling thee!
| Scheme | aBaBCA dBdBCA eBeBCA fBfBCA bBbBCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (23%) |
| Metre | 11010111 11 11110101 0101 101 11101 11111101 11 11011011 0101 101 11101 011110101 11 01111111 0101 101 11101 110101111 11 111111111 0101 101 11101 111010101 11 110111111 0101 101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 680 |
| Words | 134 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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