Analysis of St. Valentine's Day

Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)



The South is a dream of flowers
   With a jewel for sky and sea,
Rose-crowns for the dancing hours,
   Gold fruits upon every tree;
But cold from the North The wind blows forth
   That blows my love to me.
The stars in the South are gold
   Like lamps between sky and sea;
The flowers that the forests hold.
   Like stars between tree and tree;
But little and white Is the pale moon's light
   That lights my love to me.
In the South the orange grove
   Makes dusk by the dusky sea,
White palaces wrought for love
   Gleam white between tree and tree,
But under bare boughs Is the little house
   Warm-lit for my love and me.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 633
Words 118
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 469
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. more…

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