Analysis of Questions
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
What do the roses do, mother,
Now that the summer's done?
They lie in the bed that is hung with red
And dream about the sun.
What do the lilies do, mother,
Now that there's no more June?
Each one lies down in her white nightgown
And dreams about the moon.
What can I dream of, mother,
With the moon and the sun away?
Of a rose unborn, of an untried thorn,
And a lily that lives a day!
Scheme | ABXB ACBC ADXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11010110 110101 1100111111 010101 11010110 111111 11110011 010101 1111110 10100101 1011111011 00101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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