Analysis of Love
Charles Stuart Calverley 1831 (Martley) – 1884
1 Canst thou love me, lady?
2 I've not learn'd to woo:
3 Thou art on the shady
4 Side of sixty too.
5 Still I love thee dearly!
6 Thou hast lands and pelf:
7 But I love thee merely
8 Merely for thyself.
9 Wilt thou love me, fairest?
10 Though thou art not fair;
11 And I think thou wearest
12 Someone-else's hair.
13 Thou could'st love, though, dearly:
14 And, as I am told,
15 Thou art very nearly
16 Worth thy weight, in gold.
17 Dost thou love me, sweet love?
18 Tell me that thou dost!
19 Women fairly beat one,
20 But I think thou must.
21 Thou art loved so dearly:
22 I am plain, but then
23 Thou (to speak sincerely)
24 Art as plain again.
25 Love me, bashful fairy!
26 I've an empty purse:
27 And I've 'moods,' which vary;
28 Mostly for the worse.
29 Still, I love thee dearly:
30 Though I make (I feel)
31 Love a little queerly,
32 I'm as true as steel.
33 Love me, swear to love me
34 (As, you know, they do)
35 By yon heaven above me
36 And its changeless blue.
37 Love me, lady, dearly,
38 If you'll be so good;
39 Though I don't see clearly
40 On what ground you should.
41 Love me -- ah or love me
42 Not, but be my bride!
43 Do not simply shove me
44 (So to speak) aside!
45 P'raps it would be dearly
46 Purchased at the price;
47 But a hundred yearly
48 Would be very nice.
Scheme | ABABACAC XDADAEAE CXXXAFAF AGAGAHHH ABABAIAI AJAJAKAK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 11111 111010 11101 111110 11101 111110 1011 111110 11111 01111 1101 1111110 01111 111010 11101 111111 11111 101011 11111 111110 11111 111010 11101 111010 11101 011110 10101 111110 11111 10101 11111 111111 11111 1110011 0111 111010 11111 111110 11111 111111 11111 111011 11101 1111110 10101 101010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,458 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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