Analysis of I Dreamed I Moved Among The Elysian Fields
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields,
In converse with sweet women long since dead;
And out of blossoms which that meadow yields
I wove a garland for your living head.
Danai, that was the vessel for a day
Of golden Jove, I saw, and at her side,
Whom Jove the Bull desired and bore away,
Europa stood, and the Swan's featherless bride.
All these were mortal women, yet all these
Above the ground had had a god for guest;
Freely I walked beside them and at ease,
Addressing them, by them again addressed,
And marvelled nothing, for remembering you,
Wherefore I was among them well I knew.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 111101011 0101110111 011101111 1101011101 111010101 1101110101 11010100101 01010011001 1101010111 0101110111 1011011011 0101110101 0110101001 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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