Analysis of A Song
Lord Alfred Douglas 1870 (Worcestershire) – 1945 (Lancing)
Steal from the meadows, rob the tall green hills,
Ravish my orchard's blossoms, let me bind
A crown of orchard flowers and daffodils,
Because my love is fair and white and kind.
To-day the thrush has trilled her daintiest phrases,
Flowers with their incense have made drunk the air,
God has bent down to gild the hearts of daisies,
Because my love is kind and white and fair.
To-day the sun has kissed the rose-tree's daughter,
And sad Narcissus, Spring's pale acolyte,
Hangs down his head and smiles into the water,
Because my love is kind and fair and white.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 110110111 11110111 0111010010 0111110101 1101110110 10110111101 11111101110 0111110101 11011101110 010101110 11110101010 0111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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