Analysis of A Song.
George Augustus Baker Jr 1849 ( New York City, New York) – 1906 ( New York City, New York)
I shouldn't like to say, I'm sure,
I shouldn't like to say,
Why I think of you more, and more, and more
As day flits after day.
Nor why I see in the Summer skies
Only the beauty of your sweet eyes,
The power by which you sway
A kingdom of hearts, that little you prize
I shouldn't like to say.
I shouldn't like to say, I'm sure,
I shouldn't like to say
Why I hear your voice, so fresh and pure,
In the dash of the laughing spray.
Nor why the wavelets that all the while,
In many a diamond-glittering file,
With truant sunbeams play,
Should make me remember your rippling smile
I shouldn't like to say.
I shouldn't like to say, I'm sure,
I shouldn't like to say,
Why all the birds should chirp of you,
Who live so far away.
Robin and oriole sing to me
From the leafy depths of our apple-tree,
With trunk so gnarled and gray
But why your name should their burden be
I shouldn't like to say.
Scheme | ABxbccbcB ABabddbdB ABxbeebeB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 110111 1111110101 111101 111100101 100101111 0101111 0101111011 110111 11011111 110111 111111101 00110101 11011101 0100101001 11011 11101011001 110111 11011111 110111 11011111 111101 10010111 10101110101 111101 111111101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 870 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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