Analysis of To My Lady

Victor James Daley 1858 – 1905



When the tender hand of Night
   Like a rose-leaf falls
Softly on your starry eyes;
   When the Sleep-God calls,
And the gate of dreams is wide,
   Wide the painted halls,
Dream the dream I send to you
   Through your spirit’s walls!
Dream a lowly lover came,
   Lady fair to woo;
Dream that I the lover was,
   And the lady—you;
Dream your answer was a kiss,
   Warm as summer dew—
Waking, in the rosy dawn,
   Let the dream be true!


Scheme ABCBDBEBFEGEHEIE
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 10111 1011101 10111 0011111 10101 1011111 11101 1010101 10111 1110101 00101 1110101 11101 1000101 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 434
Words 81
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 314
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Victor James Daley

Victor James William Patrick Daley was an Australian poet. more…

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