Analysis of A Woman's Heart.
Marietta Holley 1836 (United States of America) – 1926
My heart sings like a bird to-night
That flies to its nest in the soft twilight,
And sings in its brooding bliss;
Ah! I so low, and he so high,
What could he find to love? I cry,
Did ever love stoop so low as this?
As a miser jealously counts his gold,
I sit and dream of my wealth untold,
From the curious world apart;
Too sacred my joy for another eye,
I treasure it tenderly, silently,
And hide it away in my heart.
Dearer to me than the costliest crown
That ever on queenly forehead shone
Is the kiss he left on my brow;
Would I change his smile for a royal gem?
His love for a monarch's diadem?
Change it? Ah, no, ah, no!
My heart sings like a bird to-night
That flies away to its nest of light
To brood o'er its living bliss;
Ah! I so low, and he so high,
What could he find to love? I cry,
Did ever love stoop so low as this?
Scheme | AabCCB ddecxe xxxffx AabCCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 111110011 0101101 11110111 11111111 110111111 1010100111 110111101 10100101 1101110101 1101100100 01101011 1011101001 11011101 10111111 1111110101 1110110 111111 11110111 110111111 11101101 11110111 11111111 110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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