Analysis of A Meeting
Edith Wharton 1862 (New York City) – 1937 (Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt)
On a sheer peak of joy we meet;
Below us hums the abyss;
Death either way allures our feet
If we take one step amiss.
One moment let us drink the blue
Transcendent air together—
Then down where the same old work’s to do
In the same dull daily weather.
We may not wait . . . yet look below!
How part? On this keen ridge
But one may pass. They call you—go!
My life shall be your bridg.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10111111 0111001 11011101 1111101 11011101 0101010 111011111 00111010 11111101 111111 11111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 386 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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