Analysis of Song XXX. The Lovely Brown Maid
Robert Anderson 1750 (Carnwath) – 1830
When May--scented zephyrs breathe gladness around,
Enliv'ning the meadow and grove,
And in each mossy cottage Contentment is found,
Crown'd with health, peace, retirement, and love;
Then far from the village the swains they retire,
At noon to the lonely sweet shade;
Grant me Health, rosy Health, all I ask and desire,
With a smile from my lovely brown maid.
When my flocks bleat around me upon the wide plain,
Contented I lie at my ease;
And at eve I retire, free from sorrow and pain,
To enjoy the soft fragrant breeze:
When music and gladness are heard thro' the grove,
By moonlight I steal from the shade,
And o'er hills and deep valleys unheeded I rove,
For a smile from my lovely brown maid.
Each morn I rise happy, each night I lie down
With a heart free from envy and care;
In my plain humble cottage, far from the gay town
With my neighbours each comfort I share:
I envy no monarch, I boast not of wealth,
No troubles my cot e'er invade:
All the blessings I ask is the blessing of health,
And a smile from my lovely brown maid.
Scheme | ABAXXCXC DEDEBCBC FGFGHCHC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101101 10101 00111001011 1111010001 11101001101 11101011 1111011110010 101111011 111101101011 01011111 011101111001 10101101 1100111101 1111101 0101011001011 101111011 11111011111 101111001 011101011011 11111011 1101111111 110111001 101011101011 001111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,021 |
Words | 195 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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