Analysis of A Memory.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



She had an other-worldly air,
So like a flower she grew,
As if her thoughts and feelings were
The only life she knew.
She moved in other ways apart,
As in a secret place,
And the emotion of her heart
Seemed breathing in her face.
It was as if a faery power
Had charmed her with its mood,
And graced her with the dreamy dower
Of earthly angelhood.
And when Death touched her starry brow,
It seemed as if it were
The dream she was became somehow
Another dream of her.


Scheme ABCBDEDECFGDHCHC
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 1101011 11010100 010111 11010101 100101 00010101 110001 11110110 110111 01010101 1101 01110101 111110 0111011 010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 458
Words 93
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 364
Words per stanza (avg) 91
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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