Analysis of The Nature Of Love. (From The Italian)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
To noble heart Love doth for shelter fly,
As seeks the bird the forest's leafy shade;
Love was not felt till noble heart beat high,
Nor before love the noble heart was made.
Soon as the sun's broad flame
Was formed, so soon the clear light filled the air;
Yet was not till he came:
So love springs up in noble breasts, and there
Has its appointed space,
As heat in the bright flames finds its allotted place.
Kindles in noble heart the fire of love,
As hidden virtue in the precious stone:
This virtue comes not from the stars above,
Till round it the ennobling sun has shone;
But when his powerful blaze
Has drawn forth what was vile, the stars impart
Strange virtue in their rays;
And thus when Nature doth create the heart
Noble and pure and high,
Like virtue from the star, love comes from woman's eye.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEEFGFGHIHIAA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101111101 1101010101 1111110111 1011010111 110111 1111011101 111111 1111010101 110101 110011110101 1010101011 1101000101 1101110101 1110010111 1111001 1111110101 110011 0111010101 100101 110101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 795 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 634 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 46 sec read
- 64 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Nature Of Love. (From The Italian)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 31 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/18890/the-nature-of-love.-%28from-the-italian%29>.
Discuss this Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In