Analysis of Vacation



Madame at lake's end
I imagine you before this day
And when we meet let's not pretend
Our love was born in a heavenly way.
For I saw you, and but one thought was mine
Your breast and body looked sweet and kind
And let's not true love define
Shall we make merry and unwind?


Scheme ABABCDCD
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 10111 101010111 01111101 10111001001 1111011111 110101101 0111101 11110001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 274
Words 56
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 55
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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 24, 2023

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