Analysis of To the Poetess
To the Poetess
Come! my fresh-found friend
We’ll make a beginning with never an end!
Under the wide and starry sky
Let’s dance a dance, you and I
What? No, silly twit!
“Why” or “When” matter not a bit
By the ocean of verse on a moonlit strand
We’ll dig our piggies in the sand
Whirl, cavort, fly around
Giggle and snort at the fun we’ve found
Gruff tomorrow cannot fight
Against our laughs and wild delight
People who see will think us insane
Champing and stomping to that ocean’s refrain
We’ll let us in our secret places
Gently touch each other’s faces
Juggle our joy and scoff at time
Give me your glee, I’ll give you mine
A moment of joy for eternity
Bought with our bold temerity
When the end of our time comes, as it will
In our minds, we’ll be dancing still
Under the wide and starry sky
Let’s dance a dance, you and I
A heart once shared is a heart that’s grown
The bond of the poem from this moment on
Means your heart, dear lady, will never be—completely alone
Scheme | a bb CC bx dd ee ff gg aa xx hh ii CC jxj |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 11111 11001011011 10010101 1101101 11101 11110101 1010111011 11101001 101101 100110111 101101 011010101 101111101 1010111001 1110101010 10111010 101010111 11111111 0101110100 111010100 10111011111 010111101 10010101 1101101 011110111 01101011101 111110110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,027 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
homage to m'lady
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Written on November 25, 1999
Submitted by steve-edwards on November 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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