Analysis of Ballade of my Lady's Beauty
Joyce Kilmer 1886 (New Brunswick) – 1918 (Seringes-et-Nesles)
Squire Adam had two wives, they say,
Two wives had he, for his delight,
He kissed and clypt them all the day
And clypt and kissed them all the night.
Now Eve like ocean foam was white
And Lilith roses dipped in wine,
But though they were a goodly sight
No lady is so fair as mine.
To Venus some folk tribute pay
And Queen of Beauty she is hight,
And Sainte Marie the world doth sway
In cerule napery bedight.
My wonderment these twain invite,
Their comeliness it is divine,
And yet I say in their despite,
No lady is so fair as mine.
Dame Helen caused a grievous fray,
For love of her brave men did fight,
The eyes of her made sages fey
And put their hearts in woeful plight.
To her no rhymes will I indite,
For her no garlands will I twine,
Though she be made of flowers and light
No lady is so fair as mine.
Prince Eros, Lord of lovely might,
Who on Olympus dost recline,
Do I not tell the truth aright?
No lady is so fair as mine.
Scheme | ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC |
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Poetic Form | Ballade |
Metre | 11011111 11111101 11011101 01011101 11110111 01010101 11100101 11011111 11011101 01110111 01010111 0111 11001101 111101 01110101 11011111 11010101 11101111 01101101 01110101 10111101 1011111 111111001 11011111 11011101 11010101 1111011 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 991 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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