Analysis of Nun, The

James Henry Leigh Hunt 1784 (Southgate, London) – 1859




Suggested By Part Of The Italian Song, Beginning "Se Moneca Ti Fai."

If you become a nun, dear,
A friar I will be;
In any cell you run, dear,
Pray look behind for me.
The roses all turn pale, too;
The doves all take the veil, too;
The blind will see the show:
What! you become a nun, my dear!
I'll not believe it, no.

If you become a nun, dear,
The bishop Love will be;
The Cupids every one, dear,
Will chaunt "We trust in thee";
The incense will go sighing,
The candles fall a dying,
The water turn to wine:
What! you go take the vows, my dear!
You may, but they'll be mine.


Scheme x Ababccdad Ababeefaf
Poetic Form
Metre 010111001010101111 1101011 010111 0101111 110111 0101111 0111011 011101 11010111 110111 1101011 010111 01010011 111101 0011110 0101010 010111 11110111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 576
Words 125
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 9, 9
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 141
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Modified on April 23, 2023

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James Henry Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer. more…

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