Analysis of He Comes
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
He comes, O bliss!
Fly swiftly, you winds,
You odorous breezes,
And tell him how long
I've waited for this!
O happy that night,
When sunk on your breast,
Your kisses fast falling,
And drunken with love,
My troth I did plight.
Again my sweet friend
Embrace me close.
Yes, heaven does bless us,
And now you have won
My love without end.
| Scheme | AXXXA BXXXB CXXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1111 11011 110010 01111 11011 11011 11111 110110 01011 11111 01111 0111 110111 01111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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