Analysis of Accession
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
ONCE I loved, and my heart bowed down,
Subject and slave, for Love was a King;
He sat above with sceptre and crown,
Turning his eyes from my sorrowing.
The laugh of a god on his lips lay light--
His lips victorious that mocked my pain,
And I mourned in the cold and the outer night,
And my tears and my prayers were vain.
Now the old spell is over and done,
Myself I wear the ermine and gold,
My brows are crowned, I ascend the throne,
I have taken the sceptre and orb to hold.
I smile victorious, set far above
The music of voices that moan and pray,
My feet are wet with the tears of love,
And I turn my eyes away.
Scheme | ABABCDCD XEXEFGFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111 010111101 110111001 1011111 0110111111 1101001111 01100100101 01101101 101111001 11101001 111110101 11100100111 1101001101 0101101101 111110111 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 236 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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