Analysis of Love Well The Hour
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
HEART of my heart, my life and light,
If you were lost what should I do?
I dare not let you from my sight,
Lest Death should fall in love with you.
Such countless terrors lie in wait.
The gods know well how dear you are:
What if they left me desolate
And plucked and set you for their star?
So hold my hand--the gods are strong,
And perfect joy so rare a flower
No man may hope to keep it long,
And I might lose it any hour.
So, kiss me close, my star, my flower,
Thus shall the future spare me this:
The thought that there was ever an hour
We might have kissed and did not kiss.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101 11011111 11111111 11110111 11010101 01111111 11111100 01011111 11110111 001111010 11111111 011111010 111111110 11010111 0111110110 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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