Analysis of Summer Song
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
THERE are white moon daisies in the mist of the meadow
Where the flowered grass scatters its seeds like spray,
There are purple orchis by the wood-ways' shadow,
There are pale dog-roses by the white highway;
And the grass, the grass is tall, the grass is up for hay,
With daisies white like silver and buttercups like gold,
And it's oh! for once to play thro' the long, the lovely day,
To laugh before the year grows old!
There is silver moonlight on the breast of the river
Where the willows tremble to the kiss of night,
Where the nine tall aspens in the meadow shiver,
Shiver in the night wind that turns them white.
And the lamps, the lamps are lit, the lamps are glow-worms light,
Between the silver aspens and the west's last gold.
And it's oh! to drink delight in the lovely lonely night,
To be young before the heart grows old!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110001101 1010111111 1110110111 1111101011 0010111011111 110111001011 01111111010101 11010111 111011011010 1011010111 10111000110 1000111111 0010111011111 010101000111 01111010010101 111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 326 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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