Analysis of Sweetheart, Sigh No More
Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1836 (Portsmouth) – 1907 (Boston)
It was with doubt and trembling
I whispered in her ear.
Go, take her answer, bird-on-bough,
That all the world may hear--
_Sweetheart, sigh no more_!
Sing it, sing it, tawny throat,
Upon the wayside tree,
How fair she is, how true she is,
How dear she is to me--
_Sweetheart, sigh no more_!
Sing it, sing it, and through the summer long
The winds among the clover-tops,
And brooks, for all their silvery stops,
Shall envy you the song--
_Sweetheart, sigh no more!_
| Scheme | xaxaA xbxbA cddcA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 11110100 110001 11010111 110111 1111 1111101 01011 11111111 111111 1111 1111010101 01010101 011111001 110101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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