Analysis of Gavotte
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
Memories long in music sleeping,
No more sleeping,
No more dumb;
Delicate phantoms softly creeping
Softly back from the old-world come.
Faintest odours around them straying,
Suddenly straying
In chambers dim;
Whispering silks in order swaying,
Glimmering gems on shoulders slim:
Courage advancing strong and tender,
Grace untender
Fanning desire;
Suppliant conquest, proud surrender,
Courtesy cold of hearts on fire---
Willowy billowy now they're bending,
Low they're bending
Down-dropt eyes;
Stately measure and stately ending,
Music sobbing, and a dream that dies.
Scheme | AABAB AACAC DDDDD AAEAE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 100101010 1110 111 100101010 10110111 10101110 10010 0101 100101010 10011101 100101010 11 10010 1101010 100111110 10011110 1110 111 101001010 101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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