Analysis of Dew-drop and Diamond
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
The difference between you and her
(whom I to you did once prefer)
Is clear enough to settle:
She like a diamond shone, but you
Shine like an early drop of dew
Poised on a red rose petal.
The dew-drop carries in its eye
Mountain and forest, sea and sky,
With every change of weather;
Contrariwise, a diamond splits
The prospect into idle bits
That none can piece together.
Scheme | AABCCB DDAEEA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010001100 11111101 1101110 11010111 11110111 1101110 01110011 10010101 11001110 10101 01001101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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