Analysis of A Love Song
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
'Do you see over my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure you unto me.'
Thus she spoke, the gentle dove,
Listen to your plighted love:
'Oh, how long I wait, till my sweetheart comes back,' she said,
'Laying his caressing hand underneath my burning head.'
| Scheme | XAXA BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111011010 111101 11111110 1011101 1110101 101111 111111111111 1010101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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