Analysis of A Bridal Song

Hugh McCrae 1876 (Melbourne) – 1958



SHE is more sparkling beautiful
Than dawn-light seen thro’ tears
The weeping worlds of Paradise
Shed down upon the spheres.

Her eyes are bright and passionate
With love’s immortal flame—
The flowers of a wildwood tree
In petals write her name.

Her breath of life ’s so wondrous sweet
The bees halt, in amaze,
Their streaming honey-laden fleet
Above the meadow ways;

And every little singing thing
Atween the breasted hill
And God’s high-vaulted cloistering
Upraises with a will

Paeans of laud, and cheery chaunts
Of her, who now is mine—
Queen-Angel of angelic haunts
Thro’ months of mead and wine.


Scheme XAXX XBXB CDCD EFEF AGXG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11110100 111111 0101110 110101 01110100 110101 0101011 010101 011111101 011001 11010101 01011 010010101 10101 011101 1101 10110101 101111 1101101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 620
Words 103
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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