St.Valentine
Jean Blewett 1862 (Janet McKishnie Scotia, Kent County, Ontario) – 1934 (Chatham)
The girl's a slender thing and fair,
With dimpled cheek and eyes ashine;
The youth is tall, with bashful air.
Heigho! a fond and foolish pair-
The day is yours, St. Valentine.
He says: 'My heart will constant prove,
Since every beat of it is thine;
The sweetest joy of life is love.'
The birds are mating in the grove-
The day is yours, St. Valentine.
What matter that the wind blows chill
Through leafless tree and naked vine,
That snowdrifts linger on the hill,
When warm love makes the pulses thrill?
The day is yours, St. Valentine.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abaaB xbxxB cbccB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 530 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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