Analysis of The Pleiades
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
LAST night I saw the Pleiades again,
Faint as a drift of steam
From some tall chimney-stack;
And I remembered you as you were then:
Awoke dead worlds of dream,
And Time turned slowly back.
I saw the Pleiades through branches bare,
And close to mine your face
Soft glowing in the dark;
For Youth and Hope and Love and You were there
At our dear trysting-place
In that bleak London park.
And as we kissed the Pleiades looked down
From their immeasurable
Aloofness in cold Space.
Do you remember how a last leaf brown
Between us flickering fell
Soft on your upturned face?
Last night I saw the Pleiades again,
Here in the alien South,
Where no leaves fade at all;
And I remembered you as you were then,
And felt upon my mouth
Your leaf-light kisses fall!
The Pleiades remember and look down
On me made old with grief,
Who then a young god stood,
When you—now lost and trampled by the Town,
A lone wind-driven leaf,—
Were young and sweet and good!
Scheme | AbcAbc defdef gxegxe AhiAhi gjkgjk |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 111101001 110111 111101 0101011101 011111 011101 110101101 011111 110001 1101010101 110111 011101 011101011 110100 010011 1101010111 0111001 11111 111101001 1001001 111111 0101011101 010111 111101 010010011 111111 110111 1111010101 011101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,101 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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