Analysis of A Similitude
Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)
FAIR as the night—when all the astral fires
Of heaven are burning in the clear expanse,
My love is; and her eyes like star-depths glance
Lustrous with glowing thoughts and pure desires,
And that mysterious pathos which inspires
All moods divine in mortal passion’s trance—
All that its earthly music doth enhance
As with the rapture of seraphic lyres!
I gaze upon her till the atmosphere
Sweetens intensely, and to my charmed sight
All fair associated forms appear
Swimming in joy, as swim yon orbs in light—
And all sweet sounds, though common to mine ear,
Chime up like silver-wingèd dreams in flight.
| Scheme | ABBACBBADEDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101010 11011000101 1110011111 10110101010 01010010101 1101010101 1111010101 11010111 110101010 1001001111 110100101 1001111101 0111110111 1111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 670 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 485 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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