Analysis of Sydney Nocturnes
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
From The North Shore.
TO Day she would not show her charms;
But now the Night beseeches,
A white reproach of wistful arms
Over the bay she reaches.
Upon her gleaming bosom, wet
With tears and quivering,
In ropes of golden beauty set
Her vivid jewels swing.
Upon the pathway of the night
She, pausing often, paces;
About her body waves gleam white
Like froth of filmy laces;
And to her pleasure hurrying,
Their torches holding high,
On molten waters smouldering
The ferry-boats flame by.
Scheme | ABBBCDEDEFGFCEHEH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 11111101 11011 01011101 1001110 01010101 110100 01110101 010101 0101101 1101010 01010111 111110 01010100 110101 110101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 387 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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