Analysis of Grata Juventas
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
She trembles when I touch
The tips of scarce-grown fingers,
Yet seems to think it overmuch
If for a moment lingers
Grasp that I hardly meant for such.
She clutcheth toy or book,
Or female hand beside her;
Now with askant, unsettled look,
Inviteth, then doth hide her,
Like struggling lily in a brook.
Anon she darteth glance
Athwart averted shoulder;
But when encouraged I advance,
Asudden waxing colder,
Her gaze lacks all significance.
O were she younger still,
Or more than a beginner,
I might control my troubled will,
Or give it rein and win her:
But now she is nor good nor ill.
Scheme | ABABA CDCDC EDEDX FDFDF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11111 0111110 111111 1101010 11110111 11111 111010 1110101 11110 110010001 1111 0101010 11010101 11010 01110100 101101 1110010 11011101 1111010 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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