Analysis of Love Me A Little
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Love me a little, love me as thou wilt,
Whether a draught it be of passionate wine
Poured with both hands divine,
Or just a cup of water spilt
On dying lips and mine.
Give me the love thou wilt,
The purity, the guilt,
So it be thine.
Love me a little. Let it be thy cheek
With its red signals. That were dear to kiss.
Or, if thou mayest not this,
A finger--tip my own to seek
At nightfall when none guess.
Eyes have the wit to speak,
And sighs send messages:
Even give less.
Love me a little. Let it be in words
Of happy omen heralding thy choice,
Or in a veiled sad voice
Of warning, like a frightened bird's.
How should I not rejoice,
Though swords be crossed with swords
And discord mar love's chords
And tears thy voice?
Love me a little. All my world thou art.
Thy much were Heaven: thy little Earth shall be.
If not Eternity,
Then Time be mine, the human part,
A single hour with thee.
Love as thou wilt and art,
With all or half a heart,
So thou love me.
Scheme | ABBABAAB CDDCECXE FGGFGHHG IJJIJIIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011111 10011111001 111101 11011101 110101 110111 010001 1111 1101011111 1111010111 111111 01011111 11111 110111 011100 1011 1101011101 1101010011 100111 11010101 111101 111111 010111 0111 1101011111 11010110111 110100 11110101 0101011 111101 111101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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