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 |
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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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