While the woods were green
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
WHILE the woods were green,
'Oh I' she sang, 'my heart is new,
Leaping, longing, in my breast:
Let him come that loves me true,
Let him come that I love best,
I will tell him what I mean,
Now the wood-birds tell it too,
Now the woods are green.'
While the woods were bare,
'Oh I' she sighed, 'my heart is grey,
Shrinking, shivering, in my breast:
Love me, hate me, as they may,
None of them do I love best:
Let me be alone with care,
Now the wood-birds hide away,
Now the woods are bare.'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBCABA DECECDED |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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