Analysis of Hope
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
O thrush, is it true?
Your song tells
Of a world born anew,
Of fields gold with buttercups, woodlands all blue
With hyacinth bells;
Of primroses deep
In the moss of the lane,
Of a Princess asleep
And dear magic to do.
Will the sun wake the princess? O thrush, is it true?
Will Spring come again?
Will Spring come again?
Now at last
With soft shine and rain
Will the violet be sweet where the dead leaves have lain?
Will Winter be past?
In the brown of the copse
Will white wind-flowers star through
Where the last oak-leaf drops?
Will the daisies come too,
And the may and the lilac? Will Spring come again?
O thrush, is it true?
Scheme | AbaabcdcaaE EfddfbaxaeA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 111 101101 111110111 1101 1101 001101 101001 011011 101101011111 11101 11101 111 11101 1010011101111 11011 001101 1111011 101111 101011 00100111101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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