Analysis of Satana

Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)



SHE draws all men to serve her, and her lure
 Is her pulsating human loveliness—
 The beauty of her bosom's rippling lines,
 The passion pleading in her eyes, the pure
 Soft contour of her cheek, her dainty dress,
 With all the rich aroma of her warm
 Glad womanhood perfumed, her supple form
 Curving and swaying like a living flower,
 Aflush with life and youth. These are the signs
 By which she queens the hearts of men, the power
 By which she makes her sovereignty secure!  
  But though her red lips mock me of their wine,
 And that low laugh of hers fills me with fire,
 As, spent with loving, in her scorn I lie;
 Yet some day she will come to me and twine
 Her slender arms about me; and desire
 Will plead in those eyes that were all disdain,
 And break her bosom with a sob of pain,
 And her hot lips will lavish all their store
 Of hungry kisses on me—then shall I
 Remember all her queenly coldness, or
 With kisses make her breathing beauty mine?


Scheme ABBABCCDBDAEDFEDGGHFHE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110001 1010101 0101011001 0101000101 111010101 1101010101 110010101 10010101010 111011101 11110111010 1111010001 1101111111 01111011110 1111000111 1111111101 01010110010 1101110101 0101010111 0011110111 1101011111 010101101 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 972
Words 180
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 737
Words per stanza (avg) 178
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.  more…

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