Analysis of If You But Knew
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Ah, if you knew how soon and late
My eyes long for a sight of you,
Sometimes in passing by my gate
You'd linger until fall of dew,
If you but knew!
Ah, if you knew how sick and sore
My life flags for the want of you,
Straightway you'd enter at the door
And clasp my hand between your two,
If you but knew!
Ah, if you knew how lost and lone
I watch and weep and wait for you,
You'd press my heart close to your own
Till love had healed me through and through,
If you but knew!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11110111 01010111 11001111 1111 11111101 11110111 1110101 01110111 1111 11111101 11010111 11111111 11111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 469 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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