Analysis of On Huntingdon's "Miranda"
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
The storm hath blown thee a lover, sweet,
And laid him kneeling at thy feet.
But, -- guerdon rich for favor rare!
The wind hath all thy holy hair
To kiss and to sing through and to flare
Like torch-flames in the passionate air,
About thee, O Miranda.
Eyes in a blaze, eyes in a daze,
Bold with love, cold with amaze,
Chaste-thrilling eyes, fast-filling eyes
With daintiest tears of love's surprise,
Ye draw my soul unto your blue
As warm skies draw the exhaling dew,
Divine eyes of Miranda.
And if I were yon stolid stone,
Thy tender arm doth lean upon,
Thy touch would turn me to a heart,
And I would palpitate and start,
-- Content, when thou wert gone, to be
A dumb rock by the lonesome sea
Forever, O Miranda.
Scheme | AABBBBC DDEEFFC XXGGHHC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110101 01110111 1111101 01111101 110111011 111001001 0111010 10011001 1111101 11011101 1111101 11111011 1111011 0111010 01101101 11011101 11111101 01110001 10111111 01110101 0101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 713 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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