Analysis of To Fancy
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
Most delicate Ariel! submissive thing,
Won by the mind's high magic to its hest—
Invisible embassy, or secret guest,—
Weighing the light air on a lighter wing;—
Whether into the midnight moon, to bring
Illuminate visions to the eye of rest,—
Or rich romances from the florid West,—
Or to the sea, for mystic whispering,—
Still by thy charm'd allegiance to the will,
The fruitful wishes prosper in the brain,
As by the fingering of fairy skill,—
Moonlight, and waters, and soft music's strain,
Odors, and blooms, and my Miranda's smile,
Making this dull world an enchanted isle.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDCDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001000101 1101110111 01001001101 1001110101 100101111 01001010111 1101010101 1101110100 1111010101 0101010001 1101001101 101001101 1001010101 1011110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 599 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 449 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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