Analysis of Thought's Garden.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
I have within Thought's garden sat
And played with this sweet flower and that,
And touched my lute till each soft string
Was tuned to Love's remembering.
Then in the grass I've laid me down
And woven my heart a faery crown,
As one who in a dream might be
Intoxicate with poesy.
Until I felt my being grow
Pure as a flower, as white as snow,
Though through it did a rosy streak
The passion of my love bespeak.
And I would feed on fancies then
Till I came back to time again,
Like one who on a fragrant way
Had parted with the golden Day;
And in the twilight wandering home
Did then as to Love's cabin come,
And found within a mate who made
A glory of the coming shade!
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGHHIIJKLL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 011111001 01111111 11110100 10011111 01011011 11100111 01011 01111101 110101111 11110101 01011101 01111101 11111101 11110101 11010101 00011001 11111101 01010111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 520 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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