Analysis of Camilla

Victor James Daley 1858 – 1905



CAMILLA calls me heartless: hence you see
   Logic in love has little part.
How can I otherwise than heartless be
   Seeing Camilla has my heart?


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0101110111 10011101 111101101 10010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 150
Words 27
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Victor James Daley

Victor James William Patrick Daley was an Australian poet. more…

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