Analysis of Song (Untitled #7)

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



Thou to me art such a spring
As the Arab seeks at eve,
Thirsty from the shining sands;
There to bathe his face and hands,
While the sun is taking leave,
And dewy sleep is a delicious thing.

Thou to me art such a dream
As he dreams upon the grass,
While the bubbling coolness near
Makes sweet music in his ear;
And the stars that slowly pass
In solitary grandeur o'er him gleam.

Thou to me art such a dawn
As the dawn whose ruddy kiss
Wakes him to his darling steed;
And again the desert speed,
And again the desert bliss,
Lightens thro' his veins, and he is gone!


Scheme ABCCBA DEXXED FGHHGF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1010111 1010101 1111101 1011101 0101100101 1111101 1110101 10100101 1110011 0011101 0100011011 1111101 1011101 1111101 0010101 0010101 101110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 571
Words 113
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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