Analysis of The Heart Of Grief
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
YOU will not come again
Along the deep-banked lane
To where the field and fold so long have missed you;
You know no more the way
To where, so many a day
Before the world grew gray,
Your lover kissed you.
The wonders and delights
Of London days and nights
Hold fast a soul not made for pastoral pleasures;
The scent of mignonette
Brings to you no regret,
No withered flowers lie yet
Among your treasures.
And I, who long for you
Sad and glad seasons through,
Find my grief's heart in knowing grief will find you;
Some day you too will sigh,
And lay a dead flower by,
And weep to see joy lie
At last behind you.
What though the flower you hide
With London wire be tied?
What though the heart that broke your heart be rotten?
You too at last must miss
The smile, the word, the kiss,
And know how hard it is
To be forgotten.
Scheme | XXABBBA CCDEEED AAAFFFA EEGHHXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 010111 11010111111 111101 1111001 010111 11011 010001 110101 110111110010 0111 111101 1101011 01110 011111 101101 11110101111 111111 0101101 011111 11011 1101011 1101011 11011111110 111111 010101 011111 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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