Analysis of Nuptial Night
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 1863 (Bodmin, Cornwall) – 1944 (Cornwall)
Hush! and again the chatter of the starling
Athwart the lawn!
Lean your head close and closer. O my darling!--
It is the dawn.
Dawn in the dusk of her dream,
Dream in the hush of her bosom, unclose!
Bathed in the eye-bright beam,
Blush to her cheek, be a blossom, a rose!
Go, nuptial night! the floor of Ocean tressing
With moon and star;
With benediction go and breathe thy blessing
On coasts afar.
Hark! the theorbos thrum
O'er the arch'd wave that in white smother booms
'Mother of Mystery, come!
Fain for thee wait other brides, other grooms!'
Go, nuptial night, my breast of hers bereaving!
Yet, O, tread soft!
Grow day, blithe day, the mountain shoulder heaving
More gold aloft!
Gold, rose, bird of the dawn,
All to her balcony gather unseen--
Thrill through the curtain drawn,
Bless her, bedeck her, and bathe her, my Queen!
Scheme | ABABCDCDAEAECDFDAGAHBIBI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010101010 0101 11110101110 1101 1001101 100110101 100111 1101101001 1101011101 1101 1010101110 1101 1011 10011101101 1011001 1111101101 110111101 1111 11110101010 1101 111101 1101001001 110101 1001001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 636 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 149 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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