Analysis of To Her: In Time Of War
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
Once I made for you songs,
Rondels, triolets, sonnets;
Verse that my love deemed due,
Verse that your love found fair.
Now the wide wings of war
Hang, like a hawk's, over England,
Shadowing meadows and groves;
And the birds and the lovers are mute.
Yet there's a thing to say
Before I go into battle,
Not now a poet's word
But a man's word to his mate:
Dear, if I come back never,
Be it your pride that we gave
The hope of our hearts, each other,
For the sake of the Hope of the World.
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Metre | 111111 1110 111111 111111 101111 11011010 100101 001001011 110111 01110110 110101 1011111 1111110 1111111 011101110 101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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