Analysis of A Little Memory
Aldous Leonard Huxley 1894 (Aldous Leonard Huxley Godalming, Surrey) – 1963 (Los Angeles County, California)
White in the moonlight,
Wet with dew,
We have known the languor
Of being two.
We have been weary
As children are,
When over them, radiant,
A stooping star,
Bends their Good-Night,
Kissed and smiled:--
Each was mother,
Each was child.
Child, from your forehead
I kissed the hair,
Gently, ah, gently:
And you were
Mistress and mother
When on your breast
I lay so safely
And could rest.
Scheme | ABCB CCXC ADCD XCEC CFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (55%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 1001 111 11101 1101 11110 1101 1101100 0101 1111 101 1110 111 11110 1101 10110 010 10010 1111 11110 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 23, 2023
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