Analysis of An Enchantress



Dawn not have I seen in a pair of eyes
when reached the summit I stood on of mounts,
nor dry sailors ever sipped deep a fount,
with black sackcloth that in a sound grot lies!

alas! my echoes sting the ears that bend sharp,
if perchance under this storm on a shore,
as a ship, girded thirst on glowing sands moor,
fain led by a twinkle plucked from a harp...

For shall a sole droplet poured on my bogs,
thereof gardens wide in rows thus flower,
each hand glean on your isle, tears ever gone?

or shall noon the sun's rays gallows shower;
longer a strip of a black, thick lash flog,
plumes heard thrice, loud crow sad in early hours?


Scheme AXXA BXXB XCX CXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111100111 1101011111 1110101101 111100111 01110101111 1011011101 1011111011 1110101101 1101101111 110101110 1111111101 1110111010 1001101111 11111101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 634
Words 138
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on July 20, 2022

Submitted by robertrad2021 on July 20, 2022

Modified by robertrad2021 on March 26, 2023

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Roberto Suárez Torres

 · 1983 · New York

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