Analysis of When my love did what I would not, what I would not
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
When my love did what I would not, what I would not,
I could hear his merry voice upon the wind,
Crying, "e;Fairest, shut your eyes, for see you should not.
Love is blind!"
When my love said what I say not, what I say not,
With a joyous laugh he quieted my fears,
Whispering, "Fairest, hearken not, for hear you may not.
Hath Love ears?"
When my love said, "Will you longer let me seek it?
Blind and deaf is she that doth not bid me come!"
All my heart said murmuring, "Dearest, can I speak it?
Love is dumb!
| Scheme | ABAB ACAC DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111111111 11111010101 10111111111 111 111111111111 10101110011 100101111111 111 111111101111 10111111111 1111100101111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 543 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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