Analysis of J. C. M.
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
A fountain of our sweetest, quick to spring
In fellowship abounding, here subsides:
And never passage of a cloud on wing
To gladden blue forgets him; near he hides.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011010111 010010101 0101010111 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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