Analysis of To Miss Cornish
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
THEY tell me, lady, that to-day
On that unknown Australian strand -
Some time ago, so far away -
Another lady joined the band.
She joined the company of those
Lovelily dowered, nobly planned,
Who, smiling, still forgive their foes
And keep their friends in close command.
She, lady, as I learn, was one
Among the many rarely good;
And destined still to be a sun
Through every dark and rainy mood:-
She, as they told me, far had come,
By sea and land, o'er many a rood:-
Admired by all, beloved by some,
She was yourself, I understood.
But, compliment apart and free
From all constraint of verses, may
Goodness and honour, grace and glee,
Attend you ever on your way -
Up to the measure of your will,
Beyond all power of mine to say -
As she and I desire you still,
Miss Cornish, on your natal day.
Scheme | ABABCBCB DEDFGFGE HAHAIAIA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010011 11101 11010111 01110101 11011111 01010101 01011101 110010101 11111111 1101101001 010110111 1101101 11000101 11011101 1001101 01110111 11010111 011101111 110101011 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 782 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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