Analysis of Just A Woman
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
YOU ask me why I love her;
Not a charm can you discover!
Would you see
The heart that a shut rose is,
And whose beauty ne'er uncloses
Save for me?
She is not rich or clever,
But her speeches thrill me ever,
And with bliss
My heart her whisper flutters,
Though the wisest word she utters
Is a kiss.
All evil things have shunned her,
And with a wide-eyed wonder
Is she tasked,
What lavish god has given
In her earth so much of heaven
All unasked?
She has no gifts or graces,
But the gladness in her face is
Sought of kings;
She cannot chant a measure,
But her heart with a grave pleasure
Ever sings.
Her gown is of the whitest
But the hem is soiled the slightest:
Little worth,
She has no wings to fly with,
And she prefers to hie with
Me on earth.
There is no hint of heaven
Or glimpse of deep thought even
In her eyes;
She is warm and she is human,
Just a weak and wilful woman—
Not too wise.
Her thousand beauties singing,
I have not said how clinging
Are her arms;
But, not loved and not the lover
Dare you ever hope discover
Half her charms?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 10111010 111 0110111 011011 111 1111110 10101110 011 1101010 10101110 101 1101110 0101110 111 1101110 00111110 11 1111110 1010011 111 1101010 10110110 101 0111010 10111010 101 1111111 0101111 111 1111110 1111110 001 11101110 1010110 111 0101010 1111110 101 11101010 11101010 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,108 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 24, 18 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 404 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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