Analysis of Quand Meme
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
AGE pauses on his toilsome way
To let youth pluck her flowers of play;
Flowers are not always, but we may
Cut thorns and thistles any day.
Would Fate but hold her hand one hour,
Then might we pluck love's perfect flower;
Yet full security might miss
The perfume of one hour like this.
For all our joys are snatched from Fate,
Through years her ban makes desolate;
We wrest our love from doubt and fear,
And find it so more sweet, more dear.
Scheme | AAAA BBCC XXDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1101111 111101011 10111111 11010101 111101110 111110110 11010011 001111011 111011111 11011100 111011101 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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