Analysis of Raison D'Etre
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
O WEARY night, O weary day,
When heart's delight is far away!
What is the day? A frame of blue
The vacant-glaring sun grins through.
What is the night? A sable veil
Through which the moon peers tired and pale.
O weary day! O weary night!
How far away is heart's delight!
Love hung the sun in his high place
To give me light to see her face,
And love spread out the veil of night
To hide us two from all men's sight.
O kindly night, O pleasant day,
Your use is gone--why should ye stay?
My heart's delight is far away,
O weary night, O weary day.
| Scheme | Aa bbcc dd eedd aaaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 11011101 11010111 01010111 11010101 110111001 11011101 11011101 11010111 11111101 01110111 11111111 11011101 11111111 11011101 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 538 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 2, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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