Analysis of His Sweetheart



Sylvia's lattices were dark­
  Roses made them narrow.
In the dawn there came a Spark,
  Armèd with an arrow:
Blithe he burst by dewy spray,
  Winged by bud and blossom,
All undaunted urged his way
  Straight to Sylvia's bosom.
'Sylvia! Sylvia! Sylvia!' he
  Like a bee kept humming,
'Wake, my sweeting; waken thee,
  For thy Soldier's coming!'
Sylvia sleeping in the dawn,
  Dreams that Cupid's trill is
Roses singing on the lawn,
  Courting crested lilies.
Sylvia smiles and Sylvia sleeps,
  Sylvia weeps and slumbers;
Cupid to her pink ear creeps,
  Pipes his pretty numbers.
Sylvia dreams that bugles play,
  Hears a martial drumming;
Sylvia springs to meet the day
  With her Soldier coming.

Happy Sylvia, on thee wait
  All the gracious graces!
Venus mild her cestus plait
  Round thy lawns and laces!
Flora fling a flower most fair,
  Hope a rainbow lend thee!
All the nymphs to Cupid dear
  On this day befriend thee!
'Sylvia! Sylvia! Sylvia!' hear
  How he keeps a-humming,
Laughing in her jewelled ear,
  'Sweet, thy Soldier's coming!'


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGHGXIHIXCFCF JHJXXEXEKFKF
Poetic Form
Metre 100101 101110 0011101 111110 1111101 111010 1010111 1110010 1001001001 101110 1110101 111010 10010001 11111 1010101 101010 100101001 100101 1010111 111010 10011101 101010 10011101 101010 10100111 101010 101011 111010 10101011 10111 1011101 111011 1001001001 111010 100011 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,047
Words 177
Sentences 18
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 24, 12
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 393
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isabella Valancy Crawford

Isabella Valancy Crawford was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. more…

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