Analysis of A Song For Two
Edward Powys Mathers 1892 (Forest Hill, London) – 1939
I have lacquered my teeth to find a husband.
And I have need of a wife.
Give me a kiss and they will marry us
At Mo-Lao, my village.
I will marry you if you will wait for me,
Wait till the banana puts forth branches,
And fruit hangs heavy on the Sung-tree,
And the onion flowers;
Wait till the dove goes down in the pool to lay her eggs,
And the eel climbs into a tree to make her nest.
Song of Annam.
Scheme | X XXX AXAXXX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111010 0111101 1101011101 111110 11101111111 1100101110 011101011 001010 1101110011101 001101011101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 400 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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