Analysis of A Woman's Charms
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
My purse is yours, Sweet Heart, for I
Can count no coins with you close by;
I scorn like sailors them, when they
Have drawn on shore their deep-sea pay;
Only my thoughts I value now,
Which, like the simple glowworms, throw
Their beams to greet thee bravely, Love,
Their glorious light in Heaven above.
Since I have felt thy waves of light,
Beating against my soul, the sight
Of gems from Afric's continent
Move me to no great wonderment.
Since I, Sweet Heart, have known thine hair,
The fur of ermine, sable, bear,
Or silver fox, for me can keep
No more to praise than common sheep.
Though ten Isaiahs' souls were mine,
They could not sing such charms as thine.
Two little hands that show with pride,
Two timid, little feet that hide;
Two eyes no dark Senoras show
Their burning like in Mexico;
Two coral gates wherein is shown
Your queen of charms, on a white throne;
Your queen of charms, the lovely smile
That on its white throne could beguile
The mastiff from his gates in hell;
Who by no whine or bark could tell
His masters what thing made him go,
And countless other charms I know.
October's hedge has far less hues
Than thou hast charms from which to choose.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKDDLLMMNNDDOO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11111111 11110111 11111111 10111101 1101011 11111101 1100101001 11111111 10011101 1111100 11111100 11111111 01110101 11011111 11111101 111101 11111111 11011111 11010111 111111 1101010 11010111 11111011 11110101 11111101 01011101 11111111 11011111 01010111 01011111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,137 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 912 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 216 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 18, 2023
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