Analysis of Irony
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
Always, sweetheart,
Carry into your room the blossoming boughs of cherry,
Almond and apple and pear diffuse with light, that very
Soon strews itself on the floor; and keep the radiance of spring
Fresh quivering; keep the sunny-swift March-days waiting
In a little throng at your door, and admit the one who is plaiting
Her hair for womanhood, and play awhile with her, then bid her depart.
A come and go of March-day loves
Through the flower-vine, trailing screen;
A fluttering in of doves.
Then a launch abroad of shrinking doves
Over the waste where no hope is seen
Of open hands:
Dance in and out
Small-bosomed girls of the spring of love,
With a bubble of laughter, and shrilly shout
Of mirth; then the dripping of tears on your glove.
Scheme | ABBCCCA DEDDEXFGFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 10011101001110 10010010111110 110110101010011 1100101011110 00101111001011110 0111001011011001 01011111 10101101 0100011 101011101 100111111 1101 1001 11110111 1010110011 11101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 293 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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