Analysis of O Moon
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
O moon, large golden summer moon,
Hanging between the linden trees,
Which in the intermittent breeze
Beat with the rhythmic pulse of June!
O night-air, scented through and through
With honey-coloured flower of lime,
Sweet now as in that other time
When all my heart was sweet as you!
The sorcery of this breathing bloom
Works like enchantment in my brain,
Till, shuddering back to life again,
My dead self rises from its tomb.
And, lovely with the love of yore,
Its white ghost haunts the moon-white ways;
But, when it meets me face to face,
Flies trembling to the grave once more.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EXXE FXXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11110101 10010101 1000101 11010111 11110101 110101011 11101101 11111111 010011101 11010011 110011101 11110111 01010111 11110111 11111111 110010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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