Analysis of The German Student’s Love-Song
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton 1808 (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan London) – 1877 (London)
BY the rush of the Rhine's broad stream,
Down whose rapid tide
We sailed as in some sweet dream
Sitting side by side;
By the depth of its clear blue wave
And the vine-clad hills,
Which gazed on its heart and gave
Their tribute rills;
By the mountains, in purple shade,
And those valleys green
Where our bower of rest was made,
By the world unseen;
By the notes of the wild free bird,
Singing over-head
When nought else in the sunshine stirr'd
Round our flowery bed;
By these, and by Love's power divine,
I have no thought but what is thine!
II.
By the glance of thy radiant eyes,
Where a glory shone
That was half of the summer skies
And half their own;
By the light and yet fervent hold
Of thy gentle hand,--
(As the woodbines the flowers enfold
With their tender band
By thy voice when it breathes in song,
And the echo given
By lips that to Earth belong,
Float up to Heaven;
By the gleams on thy silken hair
At the sunset hour,
And the breadth of they forehead fair
With its thoughtful power;
By these, and by Love's soul divine,
I have no hope but what is thine!
III.
By the beauty and stilness round
When the lake's lone shore
Scarce echoed the pleasant sound
Of the distant oar;
By the moonlight which softly fell
On all objects near,
And thy whisper seemed like a spell
In thy Lover's ear;
By the dreams of the restless past,
And the hope that came
Like sunshine in shadow cast
With thy gentle name;
By the beat of thy good true heart
Where pure thoughts have birth;
By thy tears, when Fate bade us part,
And thy smiles of mirth;
By these, and by Love's power divine,
I have no hope but what is thine!
IV.
By the gloom of those holy fanes
Where the light stream'd through
Dim orange and purple panes
On the aisles below;
By the ruin'd and roofless wall
Of that castle high,
With its turrets so grey and tall
In the clear blue sky;
By beauty, because its light
Should thy portion be,
And whatever is fair and bright
Seems a part of thee;
And by darkness and blank decay,
Because they tell
What the world would be, THOU away,
Whom I love so well;
By these, and by Love's power divine,
My heart, my soul, my life, are thine!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 10110111 11101 1110111 10111 10111111 00111 1111101 1101 10100101 01101 110101111 10101 10110111 10101 1110011 1101001 110111001 11111111 1 101111001 10101 11110101 0111 10101101 11101 10101001 11101 11111101 001010 1111101 11110 10111101 10110 00111101 111010 11011101 11111111 1 1010011 10111 1100101 10101 1011101 11101 01101101 01101 10110101 00111 11011 11101 10111111 11111 11111111 01111 110111001 11111111 1 10111101 10111 1100101 10101 1010011 11101 11101101 00111 1100111 11101 0101101 10111 01100101 0111 10111101 11111 110111001 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 2,135 |
Words | 413 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 3, 8, 8, 3, 8, 8, 3, 8, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 75 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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