Analysis of Chinese Lanterns.
George Augustus Baker Jr 1849 ( New York City, New York) – 1906 ( New York City, New York)
Through the windows on the park
Float the waltzes, weirdly sweet;
In the light, and in the dark,
Rings the chime of dancing feet.
Mid the branches, all a-row,
Fiery jewels gleam and glow;
Dreamingly we walk beneath,
Ah, so slow!
All the air is full of love;
Misty shadows wrap us round;
Light below and dark above,
Filled with softly-surging sound.
See the forehead of the Night
Garlanded with flowers of light,
And her goblet crowned with wine,
Golden bright.
Ah! those deep, alluring eyes,
Quiet as a haunted lake;
In their depths the passion lies
Half in slumber, half awake.
Lay thy warm, white hand in mine
Let the fingers clasp and twine,
While my eager, panting heart
Beats 'gainst thine.
Bring thy velvet lips a-near,
Mine are hungry for a kiss,
Gladly will I sate them, dear;
Closer, closer, this, and this.
On thy lips love's seal I lay,
Nevermore to pass away;
That was all last night, you know,
But to-day
Chinese lanterns hung in strings,
Painted paper, penny dips,
Filled with roasted moths and things
Greasy with the tallow drips;
Wet and torn, with rusty wire,
Blackened by the dying fire;
Withered flowers, trampled deep
In the mire.
Chinese lanterns, Bernstein's band,
Belladonna, lily white,
These made up the fairy-land
Where I wandered all last night;
Ruled in all its rosy glow
By a merry Queen, you know
Jolly, dancing, laughing, witching,
Veuve Cliquot.
Scheme | ABABCCXC DEDEFFGF HIHIGGXG JKJKLLCL MNMNOOXX PFPFCCXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1010101 0010001 1011101 1010101 10010101 11101 111 1011111 101111 1010101 1110101 1010101 111011 0010111 101 1110101 1010101 0110101 1010101 1111101 1010101 1110101 111 1110101 1110101 1011111 1010101 1111111 101101 1111111 111 0110101 1010101 1110101 1010101 10111010 10101010 1010101 001 011011 1101 1110101 1110111 1011101 1010111 10101010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,347 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Font size:
Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 1:13 min read
- 5 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Chinese Lanterns." Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/55337/chinese-lanterns.>.
Discuss this George Augustus Baker Jr poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In