Analysis of If Thou'lt Be Mine
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
If thou'lt be mine, the treasures of air,
Of earth, and sea, shall lie at thy feet;
Whatever in Fancy's eye looks fair,
Or in Hope's sweet music sounds most sweet,
Shall be ours -- if thou wilt be mine, love!
Bright flowers shall bloom wherever we rove,
A voice divine shall talk in each stream;
The stars shall look like world of love,
And this earth be all one beautiful dream
In our eyes -- if thou wilt be mine, love!
And thoughts, whose source is hidden and high,
Like streams that come from heaven-ward hills,
Shall keep our hearts, like meads, that lie
To be bathed by those eternal rills,
Ever green, if thou wilt be mine, love!
All this and more the Spirit of Love
Can breathe o'er them who feel his spells;
That heaven, which forms his home above,
He can make on earth, wherever he dwells,
As thou'lt own, -- if thou wilt be mine, love!
Scheme | ABABC XDCDC EFEFC CGCGC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111101011 110111111 1001111 101110111 1110111111 1101101011 010111011 01111111 0111111001 0101111111 011111001 111111011 111011111 111110101 101111111 110101011 111011111 110111101 1111101011 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 854 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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