Analysis of To Lydia
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
When, Lydia, you (once fond and true,
But now grown cold and supercilious)
Praise Telly's charms of neck and arms--
Well, by the dog! it makes me bilious!
Then with despite my cheeks wax white,
My doddering brain gets weak and giddy,
My eyes o'erflow with tears which show
That passion melts my vitals, Liddy!
Deny, false jade, your escapade,
And, lo! your wounded shoulders show it!
No manly spark left such a mark--
Leastwise he surely was no poet!
With savage buss did Telephus
Abraid your lips, so plump and mellow;
As you would save what Venus gave,
I charge you shun that awkward fellow!
And now I say thrice happy they
That call on Hymen to requite 'em;
For, though love cools, the wedded fools
Must cleave till death doth disunite 'em.
Scheme | XAXA XBCB XXXX ACXC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110011101 111100100 1111101 1101111100 11011111 1100111010 1111111 11011110 0111110 011101011 11011101 11101110 110111 11111010 11111101 111111010 01111101 11110111 11110101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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