Analysis of Love's Coming
John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)
QUIETLY as rosebuds
Talk to thin air,
Love came so lightly
I knew not he was there.
Quietly as lovers
Creep at the middle noon,
Softly as players tremble
In the tears of a tune;
Quietly as lilies
Their faint vows declare,
Came the shy pilgrim:
I knew not he was there.
Quietly as tears fall
On a warm sin,
Softly as griefs call
In a violin;
Without hail or tempest,
Blue sword or flame,
Love came so lightly
I knew not that he came.
| Scheme | abCB adxd abxB efef xgCg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10011 1111 11110 111111 100110 110101 1011010 001101 100110 11101 10110 111111 100111 1011 10111 00001 011110 1111 11110 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 520 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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