Analysis of I can't feel the sunshine
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I can't feel the sunshine
Or see the stars aright
For thinking of her beauty
And her kisses bright.
She would let me kiss her
Once and not again.
Deeming soul essential,
Sense doth she disdain.
If I should once kiss her,
I would never rest
Till I had lain hour long
Pillowed on her breast.
Lying so, I'd tell her
Many a secret thing
God has whispered to me
When my soul took wing.
Would that I were Sappho,
Greece my land, not this!
There the noblest women,
When they loved, would kiss.
| Scheme | ABBBCDEFCBGBCHIHJKLK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 11101 11011 1101010 00101 111110 10101 11010 11101 111110 11101 1111101 1101 101110 100101 111011 11111 11101 11111 101010 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 377 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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