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
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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George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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