Analysis of As Long As Your Eyes Are Blue
Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)
'Will you love me, sweet, when my hair is grey
And my cheeks shall have lost their hue?
When the charms of youth shall have passed away
Will your love as of old prove true?
'For the looks may change, and the heart may range
And the love be no longer fond;
Will you love with truth in the years of youth
And away to the years beyond?'
Oh, I love you, sweet, for your locks of brown
And the blush on your cheek that lies,
But I love you most for the kindly heart
That I see in your sweet blue eyes.
For the eyes are the signs of the soul within,
Of the heart that is leal and true,
And, my own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
Just as long as your eyes are blue.
For the locks may bleach, and the cheeks of peach
May be reft of their golden hue;
But, my own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
Just as long as your eyes are blue.
Scheme | abab xcxc xdxd xbeB xbeB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111111 01111111 1011111101 11111111 1011100111 00111101 1111100111 00110101 1111111111 00111111 1111110101 11101111 10110110101 10111101 011111111 11111111 1011100111 11111101 111111111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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