Analysis of What Magic Is There
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
What magic is there in thy mien
What sorcery in thy smile,
Which charms away all cark and care,
Which turns the foul days into fair,
And for a little while
Changes this disenchanted scene
From the sere leaf into the green,
Transmuting with love's golden wand
This beggared life to fairyland?
My heart goes forth to thee, oh friend,
As some poor pilgrim to a shrine,
A pilgrim who has come from far
To seek his spirit's folding star,
And sees the taper shine;
The goal to which his wanderings tend,
Where want and weariness shall end,
And kneels ecstatically blest
Because his heart hath entered rest.
Scheme | ABCCBAAXX DEFFEDDGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011 1100011 11011101 11011011 010101 10100101 10110101 111101 111110 11111111 11110101 01011111 11110101 010101 011111001 11010011 0101001 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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