Analysis of Moonlight
Jacques Tahureau 1527 (Le Mans) – 1555 (1555)
The high Midnight was garlanding her head
With many a shining star in shining skies,
And, of her grace, a slumber on mine eyes,
And, after sorrow, quietness was shed.
Far in dim fields cicadas jargonéd
A thin shrill clamour of complaints and cries;
And all the woods were pallid, in strange wise,
With pallor of the sad moon overspread.
Then came my lady to that lonely place,
And, from her palfrey stooping, did embrace
And hang upon my neck, and kissed me over;
Wherefore the day is far less dear than night,
And sweeter is the shadow than the light,
Since night has made me such a happy lover.
Scheme | ABBAXBBA CCDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111101 11001010101 0101010111 0101010011 1011010101 011110101 0101010011 1110111 1111011101 0101010101 01011101110 101111111 010101101 11111101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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