Analysis of Chloe, M.A., Ad Amantem Suam
Edward James Mortimer Collins 1827 (Plymouth, ) – 1876 (Knowl Hill, )
Careless rhymer, it is true,
That my favourite colour's blue:
But am I
To be made a victim, sir,
If to puddings I prefer
Cambridge [pi]?
If with giddier girls I play
Croquet through the summer day
On the turf,
Then at night ('tis no great boon)
Let me study how the moon
Sways the surf.
Tennyson's idyllic verse
Surely suits me none the worse
If I seek
Old Sicilian birds and bees,
Music of sweet Sophocles,
Golden Greek.
You have said my eyes are blue;
There may be a fairer hue,
Perhaps, and yet
It is surely not a sin
If I keep my secrets in
Violet.
Scheme | AAXBBX CCDEED FFGHHG AAXIIX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 11111 111 1110101 1110101 101 111111 0110101 101 1111111 1110101 101 10101 1011101 111 10100101 1011100 101 1111111 1110101 0101 1110101 1111100 100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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