Analysis of Anacreon
Victor James Daley 1858 – 1905
We bought a volume of Anacreon,
Defaced, mishandled, little to admire,
And yet its rusty clasps kept guard upon
The sweetest songs, the songs of young desire
Like that great song once sung by Solomon.
My sweetheart's cheeks were peonies on fire:
We saw by the bright message of his eyes
That Eros served us in bookseller's guise.
I keep the volume still, but She has gone . . .
Ah, for the poetry in Paradise!
There's Honey still and Roses on the earth,
And lips to kiss, and jugs to drain with mirth;
And lovers walk in pairs: but She has gone . . .
Anacreon! Anacreon!
Scheme | AXABA BCCAX DDAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 0101010101 0111011101 01010111010 1111111100 1110100110 1110110111 11011011 1101011111 110100010 1101010101 0111011111 0101011111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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