Analysis of The Last Defeat
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
Across the field of day
In sudden blazon lay
The pallid bar of gold
Borne on the shield of day.
Night had endured so long,
And now the Day grew strong
With lance of light to hold
The Night at bay.
So on my life's dull night
The splendour of your light
Traversed the dusky shield
And shone forth golden bright.
Your colours I have worn
Through all the fight forlorn,
And these, with life, I yield,
To-night, to Night.
Scheme | AABACCBA DDEDFFED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 01011 010111 110111 110111 010111 111111 0111 111111 01111 10011 011101 11111 110101 011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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