Analysis of When you loved me

Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)



There are two births; the one when light
   First strikes the new awoken sense;
The other when two souls unite,
   And we must count our life from thence:
When you loved me and I loved you
Then both of us were born anew.

Love then to us new souls did give
   And in those souls did plant new powers;
Since when another life we live,
   The breath we breathe is his, not ours:
Love makes those young whom age doth chill,
And whom he finds young keeps young still.


Scheme ABABCC XDXDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111 110111 0101111 011110111 11110111 11110101 11111111 001111110 11010111 011111110 11111111 01111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 451
Words 89
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. more…

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