Analysis of A song of Love
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
Hey, rose, just born
Twin to a thorn;
Was't so with you, O Love and Scorn?
Sweet eyes that smiled,
Now wet and wild:
O Eye and Tear- mother and child.
Well: Love and Pain
Be kinfolks twain;
Yet would, Oh would I could Love again.
| Scheme | AAA BBB CCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1101 111111101 1111 1101 11011001 1101 111 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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