Analysis of An Early Love
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
Ah, sweet young blood, that makes the heart
So full of joy, and light,
That dying children dance with it
From early morn till night.
My dreams were blossoms, hers the fruit,
She was my dearest care;
With gentle hand, and for it, I
Made playthings of her hair.
I made my fingers rings of gold,
And bangles for my wrist;
You should have felt the soft, warm thing
I made to glove my fist.
And she should have a crown, I swore,
With only gold enough
To keep together stones more rich
Than that fine metal stuff.
Her golden hair gave me more joy
Than Jason's heart could hold,
When all his men cried out, Ah, look!
He has the Fleece of Gold!
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDXD XEXE XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101 111101 11010111 110111 11010001 111101 11010111 11101 11110111 010111 11110111 111111 01110111 110101 11010111 111101 01011111 110111 11111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 631 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 20, 2023
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