Analysis of On the Stage
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Lights, in a multi-coloured mist,
From indigo to amethyst,
A whirling mist of multi-coloured lights;
And after, wigs and tights,
Then faces, then a glimpse of profiles, then
Eyes, and a mist again;
And rouge, and always tights, and wigs, and tights.
You see the ballet so, and so,
From amethyst to indigo;
You see a dance of phantoms, but I see
A girl, who smiles to me;
Her cheeks, across the rouge, and in her eyes
I know what memories,
What memories and messages for me.
Scheme | AABBCCB DDEEXXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010101 1101100 0101110101 010101 110101111 100101 010110101 11001101 1100110 1101110111 011111 0101010001 111100 1100010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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