Analysis of A Bridal Song.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Love that art enlargéd
As the sun!
Shine upon the bride-life
Here begun,
And upon his, too, that stirs
Now within the breath of hers —
No more two, but one.
Touch her beauty, quickening
With the spell
Of her girlhood passing:
Favor well
All his ways with her, that she
May deem this day's mystery
Was thy miracle.
Pass now, Love! upon them
In this light,
Till the magic of them,
Touch and sight,
Fades as either's lone life-story
Into all the grace and glory
Of their joy to-night!


Scheme ABCBDDBEFEFAAGHIHIAAI
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 101 101011 101 0011111 1010110 11111 1010100 101 10110 101 1111011 1111100 11100 111011 011 101011 101 1111110 01101010 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 472
Words 92
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 369
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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