Analysis of Chanson Sans Paroles
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
I the deep violet air,
Not a leaf is stirred;
There is no sound heard,
But afar, the rare
Trilled voice of a bird.
Is the wood's dim heart,
And the fragrant pine,
Incense, and a shrine
Of her coming. Apart,
I wait for a sign.
What the sudden hush said,
She will hear, and forsake,
Swift, for my sake,
Her green, grassy bed:
She will hear and awake!
She will hearken and glide,
From her place of deep rest,
Dove-eyed, with the breast
Of a dove, to my side:
The pines bow their crest.
I wait for a sign:
The leaves to be waved,
The tall tree-tops laved
In a flood of sunshine,
This world to be saved!
In the deep violet air,
Not a leaf is stirred;
There is no sound heard,
But afar, the rare
Trilled voice of a bird.
Scheme | aBBAB cddcD effef ghhgh Dibdi aBBAB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) Etheree (37%) |
Metre | 1011001 10111 11111 10101 11101 10111 00101 01001 101001 11101 101011 111001 1111 01101 111001 11101 101111 11101 101111 01111 11101 01111 01111 00111 11111 0011001 10111 11111 10101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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