Analysis of Flora of the Eden: Antwerp
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Eyes that sought my eyes, an-hungered, as a fire;
Hands that sought and caught my hands in their desire;
Hands and eyes that clipt and lipt me as a hungering fire!
But I turned away from your ecstatic eyes,
But my heart was silent to your eager sighs,
But I turned to other eyes from your imploring eyes.
Hands that I rejected, you were fain to give;
Eyes that for their moment loved me, as I live;
Mouth that kissed me: Flora of the Eden, O forgive!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111010 111011101010 101110111010010 11101110101 11111011101 1111101110101 11101010111 11111011111 1111101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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