Analysis of LADY OF THE CASTLE
LADY OF THE CASTLE
Her rosy tinted windows shine
On the bastion's tallest tower.
They reflect pure light upon the bower,
And scent her streams with mystic wine.
I have come from many miles away,
From northern lands to see her face,
Her smile of gold and her lips of grace.
I wrote of her in the diamond day.
And now that I found her in the gilded sun,
Happy as an angel, lost in reverie,
Her gaze runs through the very heart of me,
Down to the blooms where the vines are one.
Pensive is her mind, and blissful is the time
When we, as bride and groom to be
Are lost within an azure sea
Of holy love and sacred rhyme.
And when the moon does live and die
Over the boughs of emerald trees
With the solemn reverence I have for her
The fountains over the courtyard stir,
Sobbing to the starlit sky
With operatic symphonies.
JOHN LARS ZWERENZ
Scheme | X ABBA CDD C EFFE GFF G HIBBHI D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 01010101 1011010 1011101010 01011101 111110101 11011101 011100111 111000101 01111000101 10111010100 0111010111 110110111 10101010101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01011101 10011101 10101001110 01010011 1010101 1010100 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 1, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Rhyming, Metrical Verse
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Written on September 12, 2019
Submitted by angelabradford2 on October 04, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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