Analysis of The Fairy Queen's Song
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
Oh, foolish fay,
Think you because
Man's brave array
My bosom thaws
I'd disobey
Our fairy laws?
Because I fly
In realms above,
In tendency
To fall in love
Resemble I
The amorous dove?
Oh, amorous dove!
Type of Ovidius Naso!
This heart of mine
Is soft as thine,
Although I dare not say so!
On fire that glows
With heat intense
I turn the hose
Of Common Sense,
And out it goes
At small expense!
We must maintain
Our fairy law;
That is the main
On which to draw -
In that we gain
A Captain Shaw.
Oh, Captain Shaw!
Type of true love kept under!
Could thy Brigade
With cold cascade
Quench my great love, I wonder!
Scheme | ABABABCDXDCD DEFFE GHGHGHIJIJIJ JKLLK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1101 1101 1101 101 10101 0111 0101 0100 1101 0101 01001 11001 11110 1111 1111 111111 11011 1101 1101 1101 0111 1101 1101 10101 1101 1111 0111 0101 1101 1111110 1101 1101 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 5, 12, 5 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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