Analysis of Song (Untitled #5)

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



I cannot lose thee for a day,
But like a bird with restless wing
My heart will find thee far away,
And on thy bosom fall and sing,
My nest is here, my rest is here; -
And in the lull of wind and rain,
Fresh voices make a sweet refrain,
'His rest is there, his nest is there.'

With thee the wind and sky are fair,
But parted, both are strange and dark;
And treacherous the quiet air
That holds me singing like a lark,
O shield my love, strong arm above!
Till in the hush of wind and rain,
Fresh voices make a rich refrain,
'The arm above will shield thy love.'


Scheme ABABXCCD DEDEFCCF
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 11011101 11111101 01110101 11111111 00011101 11010101 11111111 11010111 11011101 01000101 11110101 11111101 10011101 11010101 01011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 567
Words 118
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 57
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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