Analysis of My Sweetheart's Dainty Lips
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
My sweetheart's dainty lips are red,
With ruby's crimson overspread;
Her teeth are like a string of pearls;
Down her neck her clustering curls
In ebony hue vie with the night,
And over her features dances light.
The twinkling stars enthroned above
Are sisters to my dearest love.
We men should count it joy complete
To lay our service at her feet.
But oh what rapture is her kiss!
A forecast 'tis of heavenly bliss!
| Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 110101 01110111 10101001 010011101 010010101 01001101 11011101 11111101 111010101 11110101 01111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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