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
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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Arthur Symons

Arthur William Symons, was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. more…

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