Analysis of On Marriage.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Whom Love has joined no man may put asunder,
And he has never joined those who can part:
Marriage is this, no more, howe'er priests moan;
The rest is words, mere words, and custom's vapour
The heart will brush aside as easily
As fancy paints a picture.


Scheme ABCADA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111010 0111011111 1011111011 011111011 0111011100 1101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 255
Words 49
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 196
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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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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