Analysis of Song (Untitled #10)
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Come to me in any shape!
As a victor crown'd with vine,
In thy curls the clustering grape, -
Or a vanquished slave:
'Tis thy coming that I crave,
And thy folding serpent twine,
Close and dumb;
Ne'er from that would I escape;
Come to me in any shape!
Only come!
Only come, and in my breast
Hide thy shame or show thy pride;
In my bosom be caressed,
Never more to part;
Come into my yearning heart;
I, the serpent, golden-eyed,
Twine round thee;
Twine thee with no venomed test;
Absence makes the venomed nest;
Come to me!
Come to me, my lover, come!
Violets on the tender stem
Die and wither in their bloom,
Under dewy grass;
Come, my lover, or, alas!
I shall die, shall die like them,
Frail and lone;
Come to me, my lover, come!
Let thy bosom be my tomb:
Come, my own!
Scheme | AbaccbdaAd efeggfheeh DijkkilDjl |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) Tetractys (30%) |
Metre | 1110101 1010111 01101001 10101 1110111 0110101 101 1111101 1110101 101 1010011 1111111 0110101 10111 1011101 1010101 111 111111 101011 111 1111101 10010101 1010011 10101 1110101 1111111 101 1111101 1110111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 776 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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