Analysis of Song II
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
A MONTH of green and tender May,
All woods and walks awake with flowers,
Wide sunlit meadows for the day,
And moon-bathed paths for evening hours;
A bright brief dream that had no past,
And of the future knew no fear;
A kiss at first, a sigh at last--
Only last year.
Another spring, dim soulless woods;
No farewell kiss, no parting tear;
No stone to mark where silence broods
O'er the dead love we found so dear.
But, oh, to me the green seems grey,
The budding branches all are sere,
For sweet love's sake, that died one day,
Only last year.
Scheme | ababcdcD xxbdadaD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 110101110 111101 011111010 01111111 01010111 01110111 1011 01011101 1111101 11111101 100111111 11110111 01010111 11111111 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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