Analysis of Perfume
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Shake out your hair about me, so,
That I may feel the stir and scent
Of those vague odours come and go
The way our kisses went.
Night gave this priceless hour of love,
But now the dawn steals in apace,
And amorously bends above
The wonder of your face.
'Farewell' between our kisses creeps,
You fade, a ghost, upon the air;
Yet ah! the vacant place still keeps
The odour of your hair.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11110111 11110101 1111101 0110101 111101011 11011001 01101 010111 10110101 11010101 11010111 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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