Analysis of A Song
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
All that a man may pray,
Have I not prayed to thee?
What were praise left to say,
Has not been said by me
O, ma mie?
Yet thine eyes and thine heart,
Always were dumb to me:
Only to be my part,
Sorrow has come from thee,
O, ma mie?
Where shall I seek and hide
My grief away with me?
Lest my bitter tears should chide,
Bring brief dismay to thee,
O, ma mie?
More than a man may pray,
Have I not prayed to thee?
What were praise left to say,
Has not been said by me,
O, ma mie?
| Scheme | aBABC dbdbC ebebC aBABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110111 111111 101111 111111 111 111011 10111 101111 101111 111 111101 110111 1110111 110111 111 110111 111111 101111 111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 464 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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