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!


Scheme AAA BBB CXC
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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Arthur Symons

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