Analysis of With two spoons for two spoons
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
How trifling shall these gifts appear
Among the splendid many
That loving friends now send to cheer
Harvey and Ellen Jenney.
And yet these baubles symbolize
A certain fond relation
That well beseems, as I surmise,
This festive celebration.
Sweet friends of mine, be spoons once more,
And with your tender cooing
Renew the keen delights of yore--
The rapturous bliss of wooing.
What though that silver in your hair
Tells of the years aflying?
'T is yours to mock at Time and Care
With love that is undying.
In memory of this Day, dear friends,
Accept the modest token
From one who with the bauble sends
A love that can't be spoken.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GFGF HDHD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 0101010 11011111 1001010 0111010 0101010 1111101 110010 11111111 0111010 01010111 01001110 11110011 11011 111111101 1111010 010011111 0101010 11110101 0111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 629 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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