Analysis of To Sara
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
One kiss, dear maid! I said and sighed,
Your scorn the little boon denied.
Ah why refuse the blameless bliss?
Can danger lurk within a kiss?
Yon viewless wand'rer of the vale,
The spirit of the western gale,
At morning's break, at evening's close
Inhales the sweetness of the rose
And hovers o'er th' uninjured bloom
Sighing back the soft perfume.
Vigor to the zephyr's wing
Her nectar-breathing kisses fling;
And he the glitter of the dew
Scatters on the rose's hue.
Bashful, lo! she bends her head,
And darts a blush of deeper red!
Too well those lovely lips disclose
The triumphs of the op'ning rose:
O fair! O graceful! bid them prove
As passive to the breath of love.
In tender accents, faint and low,
Well-pleased I hear the whispered 'No!'
The whispered 'No' ---- how little meant!
Sweet falsehood, that endears consent!
For on those lovely lips the while
Dawns the soft relenting smile,
And tempts with feigned dissuasion coy
The gentle violence of joy.
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Metre | 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 111101 01010101 11011101 1010101 01010110101 1010101 101011 01010101 01010101 110101 1011101 01011101 11110101 01010111 11110111 11010111 01010101 11110101 01011101 111101 11110101 1010101 011111 01010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 943 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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