Analysis of Incompatibilities
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
If you loved me I could trust you to your fancy's furthest bound
While the sun shone and the wind blew, and the world went round,
To the utmost of the meshes of the devil's strongest net . . .
If you loved me, if you loved me--but you do not love me yet!
I love you--and I cannot trust you further than the door!
But winds and worlds and seasons change, and you will love me more
And more--until I trust you, dear, as women do trust men -
I shall trust you, I shall trust you, but I shall not love you then!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111111111101 1011001100111 10110101010101 111111111111111 11101101110101 11010101011111 01011111110111 111111111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 508 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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