Analysis of To Muriel: at the Opera
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Roses and rose-buds, red and white,
Nestled between your breasts to-night,
And, lying there with drowsy breath,
Sweetly resigned themselves to death.
Ah, cruel child! that would not so
Suffer the perfumed life to go,
But, hungering for the rose's heart
Of midmost sweetness, plucked apart
Petal from petal: 'Ah!' you said
(With lips that kissed white roses red)
'To live on love and roses!'
Well,
But if the rose were Muriel?
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEEX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011101 10011111 01011101 10010111 11011111 10001111 110010101 1110101 10110111 11111101 1111010 1 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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