Analysis of My Love Annie
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1826 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) – 1887 (Shortlands, London)
SOFT of voice and light of hand
As the fairest in the land--
Who can rightly understand
My love Annie?
Simple in her thoughts and ways,
True in every word she says,--
Who shall even dare to praise
My love Annie?
Midst a naughty world and rude
Never in ungentle mood;
Never tired of being good--
My love Annie.
Hundreds of the wise and great
Might o'erlook her meek estate;
But on her good angels wait,
My love Annie.
Many or few of the loves that may
Shine upon her silent way,--
God will love her night and day,
My love Annie.
| Scheme | aaaB cxcB ddxB eeeB fffB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1110111 1010001 111001 1110 1000101 10100111 1110111 1110 1010101 10011 10101101 1110 1010101 110101 1101101 1110 101110111 1010101 1110101 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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