Analysis of At Glan-y-Wern

Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945



White-robed against the threefold white
Of shutter, glass and curtains' lace,
She flashed into the evening light
The brilliance of her gipsy face:
I saw the evening in her light.

Clear, from the soft hair to the mouth,
Her ardent face made manifest
The sultry beauty of the South:
Below, a red rose, climbing, pressed
Against the roses of her mouth.

So, in the window's threefold white,
O'ertrailed with foliage like a bower,
She seemed, against the evening light,
Amongst the flowers herself a flower,
A tiger-lily sheathed in white.


Scheme ABABA CDCDC AEAEA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101011 11010101 11010101 0101011 11010001 11011101 0101110 01010101 01011101 01010101 100111 11101010 11010101 0101001010 01010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 528
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 141
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Arthur Symons

Arthur William Symons, was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. more…

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