Analysis of The Choice
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
PLAGUE take the dull and dusty town,
Its paved and sordid mazes,
Now Spring has trimmed her pretty gown
With buttercups and daisies!
With half my heart I long to lie
Among the flowered grasses,
And hear the loving leaves that sigh
As their sweet Mistress passes.
Through picture-shows I make my way
While flower-crowned maids go maying,
And all the cultured things I say
That cultured folk are saying.
For I renounce Spring's darling face,
With may-bloom fresh upon it:
My Mistress lives in Grosvenor-place
And wears a Bond-street bonnet!
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FXFX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11010101 1101010 11110101 110010 11111111 0101010 01010111 1111010 11011111 1101111 01010111 1101110 11011101 1111011 11010101 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 546 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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