Analysis of A Minute
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
She plucked a blossom fair to see;
Upon my coat I let her pin it;
And thus we stood beneath the tree
A minute.
She turned her smiling face to me;
I saw a roguish sweetness in it;
I kissed her once;—it took, maybe,
A minute.
The time was paltry, you’ll agree;
It took but little to begin it;
But since my heart has not been free
A minute.
| Scheme | abaC abaC abaC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 011111011 01110101 010 11010111 11011001 11011110 010 01110101 111101011 11111111 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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