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 |
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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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