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 |
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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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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 23, 2023
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