Analysis of Amaryllis
Carl Michael Bellman 1740 (Stockholm) – 1795 (Stockholm)
Up, Amarylis! Darling, awaken!
Through the still bracken
Soft airs swell;
Iris, all dightly,
Vestured so brightly,
Coloreth lightly
Wood and dell.
Amaryllis, thy sweet name pronouncing,
Thee in Neptune's cool embrace announcing.
Slumber's god the while his sway renouncing,
O'er your eyes sighs, and speech yields his spell.
Now comes the fishing! The net we fasten;
This minute hasten!
Follow me!
Don your skirt and jacket
And veil, or you'll lack it;
Pike and trout wait a racket;
Sails flap free.
Waken, Amaryllis, darling, waken!
Let me not by thy smile be forsaken:
Then by dolphins and fair sirens overtaken,
In our gay boat we'll sport in company.
Come now, your rods, lines, and nets with you taking!
The day is breaking;
Hasten thee nigh!
Sweet little treasure,
Think ill in no measure;
For thee 'twere no pleasure
Me to deny.
Let us to the little shallows wander,
Or beside the inlet over yonder,
Where the pledge-knot made our fond love fonder,
O'er which Thyrsis erst was moved to sigh.
Step in the boat, then--both of us singing,
Love his wand swinging
Over our fate.
AEol is moving,
But though wild proving,
In your arms loving
Comfort doth wait.
Blest, on angry waves of ocean riding,
By thee clasped, vain 'twere this dear thought hiding:
Death shall find me in thy pathway biding.
Sirens, sing ye, and my voice imitate!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010 10110 111 1011 1110 110 101 010111010 101101010 110111010 1011101111 1101001110 11010 101 111010 011111 1011010 111 100101010 1111111010 11100110100 01011110100 11111011110 01110 1011 11010 110110 111110 1101 111010110 101011010 10111101110 101111111 1001111110 11110 10101 1110 11110 01110 1011 1110111010 1111111110 111101110 101101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,301 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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