Analysis of Not Now, When Skies Are Gold And Blue
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
And you have me and I have you,
When there are roses all the way,
And April days and nights of May,
And life is joy the whole day long--
Not now can passion flower in song.
But in the dark days by-and-by,
When, deep divided, you and I,
Shivering among the rose-thorns bare,
At last confess what fools we were;
Then, neatly wired, a nosegay fine
Shall deck your heart--O heart of mine!
Scheme | XAABB CCXXDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 11110101 01010111 01110111 111101001 10011101 11010101 100010111 11011110 11010011 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 392 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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