Analysis of A Song. To The Moon.
John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)
Thou, lamp! the gods benignly gave,
To light a lover on his way;
Thou, Moon! along the silv'ry wave,
Ah! safe this flutt'ring heart convey: -
Sweet is thy light, and sweet thy shade,
The guide and guardian of our bliss,
A lover's panting lips to lead,
Or veil him in the ravish'd kiss.
Her white robe floats upon the air;
My Lyra hears the dashing oar:
Ye floods, oh! speed me to my fair!
My soul is with her long before.
Oh! lightly haste, thy lover view,
And ev'ry anxious fear resign;
Ye tow'rs, no longer fear'd, adieu!
The treasure which ye held is mine!
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 11010111 1101011 1111101 11110111 0101001101 01010111 1110011 01110101 11010101 11111111 11110101 11011101 0110101 11110101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 10 |
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) | 27 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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