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
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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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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