Analysis of Saturday Song
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
They talk about gardens of roses,
And moonlight over the sea,
And mountains and snow
And sunsetty glow,
But I know what is best for me.
The prettiest sight I know,
Worth all your roses and snow,
Is the blaze of light on a Saturday night,
When the barrows are set in a row.
I've heard of bazaars in India
All glitter and spices and smells,
But they don't compare
With the naphtha flare
And the herrings the coster sells;
And the oranges piled like gold,
The cucumbers lean and cold,
And the red and white block-trimmings
And the strawberries fresh and ripe,
And the peas and beans,
And the sprouts and greens,
And the 'taters and trotters and tripe.
And the shops where they sell the chairs,
The mangles and tables and bedding,
And the lovers go by in pairs,
And look--and think of the wedding.
And your girl has her arm in yours,
And you whisper and make her blush.
Oh! the snap in her eyes--and her smiles and her sighs
As she fancies the purple plush!
And you haven't a penny to spend,
But you dream that you've pounds and pounds;
And arm in arm with your only friend
You make your Saturday rounds:
And you see the cradle bright
With ribbon--lace--pink and white;
And she stops her laugh
And you drop your chaff
In the light of the Saturday night.
And the world is new
For her and you -
A little bit of all-right.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110110 011001 01001 011 11111111 0100111 1111001 10111101001 101011001 111010100 11001001 11101 10101 00100101 00100111 0100101 00101110 0010101 00101 00101 0010101 00111101 010010010 00101101 01011010 01110101 01100101 101001001001 11100101 011001011 11111101 010111101 1111001 0110101 1101101 01101 01111 001101001 00111 1001 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,283 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 12, 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 255 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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