Analysis of Why?
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Ever, ever
Stir and shiver
The reeds and rushes
By the river:
Ever, ever,
As if in dream,
The lone moon's silver
Sleeks the stream.
What old sorrow,
What lost love,
Moon, reeds, rushes,
Dream you of?
| Scheme | AabaAcacdebe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1010 01010 1010 1010 1101 01110 101 1110 111 1110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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