Analysis of Nefertiti
Beneath the skies of goddess Nuit
There lies my passion's sole pursuit—
It's her, whose soul is beauty's claim,
A Nubian of Pharaoh's name:
Beauteous Nefertiti, hail!
Arise, my love, leave crook and flail,
And let us from this palace flee,
So we in silent love can be.
The moon has known our hidden plight,
And we her sacred silver light—
And all, in company as one,
Our secret keep from Aten's sun.
How joyful, though, this hidden pledge
That loving wades the Nile's edge:
That hand in hand reflects the bliss
Of lovers raptured in a kiss.
But now that crimson light and hue
Disperses all our midnight blue,
And soon that other god will rise
And cast his cope upon our skies.
So know, before alas we part,
That you, dear queen, are all my heart.
That even now I pine to see
Tomorrow's moon and you with me.
Scheme | AABB CCDD AAEE FFGG HHII AADD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011101 1111101 1011111 0100111 111 01111101 01111101 11010111 011110101 01010101 01010011 10101111 11011101 1101011 11010101 1101001 11110101 111011 01110111 011101101 11010111 11111111 11011111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 817 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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