Analysis of Her Glass.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Her glass yet holds, or seems to hold her!
But now she visioned herself here;
Her glass spoke truth, and fondly told her
What a man might, a man's lips near
The shell of her soft ear.
But too cold thing that could not capture
The blush of beauty, as it were!
When a man's heart with dreamy rapture
Would at the least, least touch of her
Feel all his pulses stir.


Scheme ABACBAAAAA
Poetic Form Etheree  (50%)
Metre 011111110 1111011 011101010 10110111 011011 111111110 01110110 101111010 11011110 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 361
Words 74
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 279
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 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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