Analysis of A Mirage
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
Were I thy bride,
Then the whole world beside
Were not too wide
To hold my wealth of love -
Were I thy bride!
Upon thy breast
My loving head would rest,
As on her nest
The tender turtle-dove -
Were I thy bride!
This heart of mine
Would be one heart with thine,
And in that shrine
Our happiness would dwell -
Were I thy bride!
And all day long
Our lives should be a song:
No grief, no wrong
Should make my heart rebel -
Were I thy bride!
The silvery flute,
The melancholy lute,
Were night-owl's hoot
To my low-whispered coo -
Were I thy bride!
The skylark's trill
Were but discordance shrill
To the soft thrill
Of wooing as I'd woo -
Were I thy bride!
The rose's sigh
Were as a carrion's cry
To lullaby
Such as I'd sing to thee -
Were I thy bride!
A feather's press
Were leaden heaviness
To my caress.
But then, unhappily,
I'm not thy bride!
Scheme | AaabAcccbA dddxAeeexA fffgAhhhgA iiijAkkkja |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 0111 101101 0111 111111 0111 0111 110111 1101 010101 0111 1111 111111 0011 1010011 0111 0111 1011101 1111 111110 0111 01001 01001 0111 111101 0111 011 0111 1011 110111 0111 0101 01011 110 111111 0111 011 0101 1101 110100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 809 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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