Analysis of Charms
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
She walks as lightly as the fly
Skates on the water in July.
To hear her moving petticoat
For me is music's highest note.
Stones are not heard, when her feet pass,
No more than tumps of moss or grass.
When she sits still, she's like the flower
To be a butterfly next hour.
The brook laughs not more sweet, when he
Trips over pebbles suddenly.
My Love, like him, can whisper low --
When he comes where green cresses grow.
She rises like the lark, that hour
He goes halfway to meet a shower.
A fresher drink is in her looks
Than Nature gives me, or old books.
When I in my Love's shadow sit,
I do not miss the sun one bit.
When she is near, my arms can hold
All that's worth having in this world.
And when I know not where she is,
Nothing can come but comes amiss.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EEFF DD GG HH XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1101001 1101010 11110101 11111011 11111111 111111010 11010110 01111111 11010100 11111101 11111101 110101110 111111010 01011001 11011111 1101111 11110111 11111111 11110011 01111111 10111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 761 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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