Analysis of Perdita
James Hebblethwaite 1857 (Preston) – 1921
The sea coast of Bohemia
Is pleasant to the view
When singing larks spring from the grass
To fade into the blue,
And all the hawthorn hedges break
In wreaths of purest snow,
And yellow daffodils are out,
And roses half in blow.
The sea-coast of Bohemia
Is sad as sad can be,
The prince has ta’en our flower of maids
Across the violet sea;
Our Perdita has gone with him,
No more we dance the round
Upon the green in joyous play,
Or wake the tabor’s sound.
The sea-coast of Bohemia
Has many wonders seen,
The shepherd lass wed with a king,
The shepherd with a queen;
But such a wonder as my love
Was never seen before,
It is my joy and sorrow now
To love her evermore.
The sea-coast of Bohemia
Is haunted by a light
Of memory fair of lady’s eyes,
And fame of gallant knight;
The princes seek its charmèd strand,
But ah, it was our knell
When o’er the sea our Perdita
Went with young Florizel.
The sea-coast of Bohemia
Is not my resting-place,
For with her waned from out the day
A beauty and a grace:
O had I kissed her on the lips
I would no longer weep,
But live by that until the day
I fall to shade and sleep.
Scheme | abxbxcxc Adxdxefe Agxgxhxh Aixixxaf Ajfjxkfk |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110100 110101 11011101 110101 0101101 011101 0101011 010101 01110100 111111 0111101011 0101001 100101111 111101 01010101 11011 01110100 110101 01011101 010101 11010111 110101 11110101 11010 01110100 110101 11001111 011101 01011111 1111101 110110010 1111 01110100 111101 11011101 010001 11110101 111101 11110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,193 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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