Analysis of Symptoms of Love
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Love is universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision
Blotting out reason.
Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
Laggard dawns;
Are omens and nightmares -
Listening for a knock,
Waiting for a sign:
For a touch of her fingers
In a darkened room,
For a searching look.
Take courage, lover!
Could you endure such pain
At any hand but hers?
| Scheme | ABB XXX XXX CXX XAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 110101 0111010 10110 10111 11100 101 11001 100101 10101 1011010 00101 10101 11010 110111 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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