Analysis of To One Hated
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Hate is only Love that has missed its way.
Had it been when I came to the valley where the paths parted asunder,
Chance had led my feet to the way of love, not hate,
I might have cherished you well, have been to you fond and faithful,
Great as my hatred is, so might my love have been great.
Each cold word of mine might have been a kiss impassioned,
Warm with the throb of my heart, thrilled with my pulse's leap,
And every glance of scorn, lashing, pursuing, and stinging,
As a look of tenderness would have been wondrous and deep.
Bitter our hatred is, old and strong and unchanging,
Twined with the fibres of life, blent with body and soul,
But as its bitterness, so might have been our love's sweetness
Had it not missed the waystrange missing and sad!to its goal.
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Metre | 1110111111 111111101010110010 111111011111 111101111111010 1111011111111 1111111101010 110111111111 010011110010010 10111001111001 10101011010010 110111111001 111100111110110 11110111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 771 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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