Analysis of The Glow-Worm To Her Love
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
BENEATH cool ferns, in dewy grass,
Among the leaves that fringe the stream,
I hear the feet of lovers pass,
--I hide all day, and dream.
But when the night, with wide soft wings,
Droops on the trembling waiting wood,
And lulls the restless woodland things
Within its solitude,
Ah, then my soft green lamp I light,
That thou may'st find me by its fire--
Come, crown me, O my winged delight
My darling, my desire.
Yet they who praise the lamp I bear
Have never a word of praise for thee,
My love, my life, my King of Air,
Who lightest the lamp in me.
Thine, thine should be the praise they give
My King, who art all praise above,
Since but for thee I dream and live,
And light the lamp of love.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110101 01011101 11011101 111101 11011111 110100101 0101011 01110 11111111 1111111110 11111101 1101010 11110111 110011111 11111111 1100101 11110111 11111101 11111101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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