Analysis of Floridian
Madison Julius Cawein 1865 ( Louisville, Kentucky) – 1914 ( Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
The cactus and the aloe bloom
Beneath the window of your room;
Your window where, at evenfall,
Beneath the twilight's first pale star,
You linger, tall and spiritual,
And hearken my guitar.
It is the hour
When every flower
Is wooed by moth or bee
Would, would you were the flower, dear,
And I the moth to draw you near,
To draw you near to me,
My dear,
To draw you near to me.
The jasmine and bignonia spill
Their balm around your windowsill;
The sill where, when magnolia-white,
In foliage mists, the moon hangs far,
You lean with bright deep eyes of night
And hearken my guitar.
It is the hour
When from each flower
The wind woos fragrances
Would, would you were the flower, love,
And I the wind to breathe above,
To breathe above and kiss,
My love,
To breathe above and kiss.
Scheme | aabcbC DdeffEfE bbgcgC DdxhhIhI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100011 01010111 110111 0101111 110101000 01101 11010 110010 111111 11100101 01011111 111111 11 111111 010011 110111 01110101 01010111 11111111 01101 11010 11110 011100 11100101 01011101 110101 11 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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