Analysis of Serenade (Inesilla! I am here...)
Barry Cornwall 1787 (Leeds, Yorkshire) – 1874 (London)
Inesilla! I am here
Thy own cavalier
Is now beneath thy lattice playing:
Why art thou delaying?
He hath riden many a mile
But to see thy smile:
The young light on the flowers is shining,
Yet he is repining.
What to him is a summer star,
If his love's afar?
What to him the flowers perfuming,
When his heart's consuming?
Sweetest girl! I why dost thou hide?
Beauty may abide
Even before the eye of morning,
And want no adorning.
Now, upon their paths of lights,
Starry spirits bright
To catch thy brighter glance are staying:
Why art thou delaying ?
| Scheme | xxaA bbaa ccaa ddaa xxaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 1111 1101 110111010 111010 11101001 11111 0111010110 1111 11110101 11101 111010010 111010 10111111 10101 100101110 011010 1011111 10101 111101110 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 537 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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