Analysis of Maiden Lips.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
O Sweet, thy lips, how sweet their kisses are!
Rarer than rosy dewdrops amorous
That in the lily's tender bosom fall,
So magical with beauty they so breathe of thee.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111101 101101100 100110101 110011011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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