Analysis of Love's Paradox
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Once I smiled when I saw you, when I saw you smile I was glad,
And the joy of my heart was as foam that the sea-wind shakes from the sea;
But the smile of your eyes grows strange, and the smile that my lips have had
Trembles back to my heart, and my heart trembles in me.
Once you laughed when you met me, when you met me your voice was gay
As the voice of a bird in the dawn of the day on a sunshiny tree;
But the sound of your voice grows strange, and the words that you do not say
Thrill from your heart to mine, and my heart trembles in me.
| Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111111111111 00111111110111101 1011111100111111 11111011101 111111111111111 10110100110110101 1011111100111111 111111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 546 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
| Words per line (avg) | 15 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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