Analysis of A Bunch Of Triolets
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
You like the trifling triolet:
Well, here are three or four.
Unless your likings I forget,
You like the trifling triolet.
Against my conscience I abet
A taste which I deplore;
You like the trifling triolet:
Well, here are three or four.
Have you ever met with a pretty girl
Walking along the street,
With a nice new dress and her hair in curl?
Have you ever met with a pretty girl,
When her hat blew off and the wind with a whirl
Wafted it right to your feet?
Have you ever met with a pretty girl
Walking along the street?
I ran into a lady's arms,
Turning a corner yesterday.
To my confusion, her alarms,
I ran into a lady's arms.
So close a vision of her charms
Left me without a word to say.
I ran into a lady's arms,
Turning a corner yesterday.
How many maids you love,
How many maids love you!
Your conscious blushes prove
How many maids you love.
Each trusts you like a dove,
But would she, if she knew
How many maids you love,
How many maids love you?
Scheme | ABaAabAB CAcCcaCA DAdDdxDA EFxEefEF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 111111 0111101 110101 01110101 011101 110101 111111 1110110101 100101 1011100101 1110110101 10111001101 1011111 1110110101 100101 11010101 1001010 11010001 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010101 1001010 110111 110111 110101 110111 111101 111111 110111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 935 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 57 sec read
- 117 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"A Bunch Of Triolets" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/30956/a-bunch-of-triolets>.
Discuss this Robert Fuller Murray poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In