Analysis of A Moment

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907



The clouds had made a crimson crown
Above the mountains high.
The stormy sun was going down
In a stormy sky.

Why did you let your eyes so rest on me,
And hold your breath between?
In all the ages this can never be
As if it had not been.


Scheme ABAB CXCX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 01110101 010101 01011101 00101 1111111111 011101 0101011101 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 52
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge was a British novelist and poet who also wrote essays and reviews. more…

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