Analysis of Palabras Cariñosas
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
GOOD-NIGHT! I have to say good-night
To such a host of peerless things!
Good-night unto the slender hand
All queenly with its weight of rings;
Good-night to fond, uplifted eyes,
Good-night to chestnut braids of hair,
Good-night unto the perfect mouth,
And all the sweetness nestled there—
The snowy hand detains me, then
I’ll have to say Good-night again!
But there will come a time, my love,
When, if I read our stars aright,
I shall not linger by this porch
With my farewells. Till then, good-night!
You wish the time were now? And I.
You do not blush to wish it so?
You would have blushed yourself to death
To own so much a year ago—
What, both these snowy hands! ah, then
I ’ll have to say Good-night again!
Scheme | ABXBXCXCDD XAXAXEXEDD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 11011101 11100101 1111111 11111001 1111111 11100011 01010101 0101111 11111101 11110111 11111011 11110111 1111111 11010101 11111111 11110111 11110101 11110111 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 711 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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