Analysis of Inspiration
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
I WANDERED in the enchanted wood,
And as I wandered there, I sang
A song I never understood,
Though sweet the music rang.
I held a lily white and fair,
Its perfume was a song divine,
A song like moonlight and clear air,
No rose-hued cloud like mine.
Beneath pale moon and wind-winged skies
My lips were dumb as one drew near,
Folded warm wings across my eyes
And whispered in my ear.
He left a flame-flower in my hand,
And bade me sing as heretofore
The song I could not understand;
But I can sing no more.
His secret seals my dumb lips fast,
My lily withered 'neath his wing;
But now I understand at last
The song I used to sing.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110000101 01110111 0111001 110101 11010101 10110101 0111011 111111 01110111 11011111 10110111 010011 110110011 0111101 0111101 111111 11011111 11010111 1110111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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