Analysis of The Lower Room
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
How soft the lamplight falls
On pictures, books,
And pleasant coloured walls
And curtains drawn!
How happily one looks
On glowing flame and ember;
Ah, why should one remember
Dew and dawn!
Here age and wisdom sit
Calm and discreet,
Life and the fruit of it
Are here in truth,
Whose gathering once was sweet--
Wisdom and age! Well met!
Yet neither can forget
Folly and youth!
| Scheme | ABACBDDC EFEGFHHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 1101 010101 0101 110011 1101010 1111010 101 110101 1001 100111 1101 1100111 100111 110101 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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