Analysis of Dainty Little Love

Arthur Macy 1842 – 1904



Dainty little Love came tripping
Down the hill,
Smiling as he thought of sipping
Sweets at will.
SHE said, "No,
Love must go."
Dainty little Love came tripping
Down the hill.

Dainty little Love went sighing
Up the hill,
All his little hopes were dying -
Love was ill.
Vain he tried
Tears to hide.
Dainty little Love went sighing
Up the hill.


Scheme ABabccAB ABabddAB
Poetic Form
Metre 10101110 101 10111110 111 111 111 10101110 101 10101110 101 11101010 111 111 111 10101110 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 329
Words 65
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on April 13, 2023

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Arthur Macy

Arthur Macy was a Nantucket boy of Quaker extraction. His name alone is evidence of this, for it is safe to say that a Macy, wherever found in the United States, is descended from that sturdy old Quaker who was one of those who bought Nantucket from the Indians, paid them fairly for it, treated them with justice, and lived on friendly terms with them. Early in the war Macy enlisted in Company B, 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was twice wounded on the first day at Gettysburg, and managed to crawl into the town and get as far as the steps of the Court House, which was fast filling with wounded from both sides. He was on duty later at the Naval Academy Hospital in Annapolis.Few of those who sought Arthur Macy for business information ever suspected that they were talking to a poet and man of letters. more…

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