Analysis of To G.A.G.
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
A hasty jest I once let fall-
As jests are wont to be, untrue-
As if the sum of joy to you
Were hunt and picnic, rout and ball.
Your eyes met mine: I did not blame;
You saw it: but I touched too near
Some noble nerve; a silent tear
Spoke soft reproach, and lofty shame.
I do not wish those words unsaid.
Unspoilt by praise and pleasure, you
In that one look to woman grew,
While with a child, I thought, I played.
Next to mine own beloved so long!
I have not spent my heart in vain.
I watched the blade; I see the grain;
A woman's soul, most soft, yet strong.
Scheme | ABBA CXXC XBBX DEED |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 01011111 11111101 11011111 0101101 11111111 11111111 11010101 11010101 11111101 1110101 01111101 11011111 11110111 11111101 11011101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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