Analysis of New Year Snow
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
THE white snow falls on hill and dale,
The snow falls white by square and street,
Falls on the town, a bridal veil,
And on the fields a winding-sheet.
A winding-sheet for last year's flowers,
For last year's love, and last year's tear,
A bridal veil for the New Hours,
For the New Love and the New Year.
Soft snow, spread out his winding-sheet!
Spin fine her veil, O bridal snow!
Cover the print of her dancing feet,
And the place where he lies low.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX BDBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01111101 01111101 11010101 01010101 010111110 11110111 010110110 10110011 11111101 11011101 100110101 0011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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