Analysis of To My Love
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
“PAINT me,” you said, “a poem; give to me
A breathing thought that I may keep to kiss!”
While that low laugh that aye a mandate is
Nestled upon your lips. Call memory
To that fair moment when you heard my plea,
And in the tumult of my arms' warm bliss,
Like a frail floweret that is crushed amiss.
You thrilled to frenzied life exultantly,
And all your body pulsed with love's desire!
Can I in words that perfect hour rehearse,
Or write the vehemence of veins on fire?
My lips would only kiss—and you require
From my heart's royal hoard one pallid verse—
The grey, cold ashes left on passion's pyre!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 0101111111 111111011 1001111100 1111011111 0001011111 101111101 1111010100 01110111010 11011011001 11010011110 1111010110 1111011101 0111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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