Analysis of In The People's Park
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
Many's the time I've found your face
Fresh as a bunch of flowers in May,
Waiting for me at our own old place
At the end of the working day.
Many's the time I've held your hand
On the shady seat in the People's Park,
And blessed the blaring row of the band
And kissed you there in the dark.
Many's the time you promised true,
Swore it with kisses, swore it with tears:
'I'll marry no one without it's you -
If we have to wait for years.'
And now it's another chap in the Park
That holds your hand like I used to do;
And I kiss another girl in the dark,
And try to fancy it's you!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EXEXDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 110111001 1011110111 10110101 1011111 1010100101 010101101 0111001 1011101 111101111 110110111 1111111 0110101001 111111111 0110101001 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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