Analysis of Song: Yes, Mary Ann
Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803 (Clifton, Bristol) – 1849 (Basel)
Yes, Mary Ann, I freely grant,
The charms of Henry's eyes I see;
But while I gaze, I something want,
I want those eyes -- to gaze on me.
And I allow, in Henry's heart
Not Envy's self a fault can see:
Yet still I must one wish impart,
I wish that heart -- to sigh for me.
| Scheme | XAXA BABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 01110111 11111101 11111111 01010101 1110111 11111101 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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