Analysis of Declaration

Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945



Child, I will give you rings to wear,
And, if you love them, dainty dresses,
Flowers for your bosom and your hair,
And, if you love them, fond caresses;

And I will give you of my days,
And I will leave, when you require it,
My dreams, my books, my wonted ways,
Content if only you desire it.

Love's captive, now his fugitive,
All this I give you, for my part.
I ask but what I cannot give,
I ask no more than this: your heart.


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11111111 011111010 101110011 011111010 01111111 011111101 1111111 1011010101 11011100 11111111 11111101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 88
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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