Analysis of To A Lady Asking Foolish Questions
Ernest Christopher Dowson 1867 – 1900
Why am I sorry, Chloe? Because the moon is far:
And who am I to be straitened in a little earthly star?
Because thy face is fair? And what if it had not been,
The fairest face of all is the face I have not seen.
Because the land is cold, and however I scheme and plot,
I cannot find a ferry to the land where I am not.
Because thy lips are red and thy breasts upbraid the snow?
(There is neither white nor red in the pleasance where I go.)
Because thy lips grow pale and thy breasts grow dun and fall?
I go where the wind blows, Chloe, and am not sorry at all.
| Scheme | AA XX BB CC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111010010111 01111110010101 0111110111111 0101111011111 0101110101101 11010101011111 011111011101 1110111001111 0111110111101 111011100111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 559 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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