Analysis of Being Young And Green
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Being Young and Green, I said in love's despite:
Never in the world will I to living wight
Give over, air my mind
To anyone,
Hang out its ancient secrets in the strong wind
To be shredded and faded—
Oh, me, invaded
And sacked by the wind and the sun!
| Scheme | AABCBD DC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101110101 10001111101 110111 110 11110100011 1110010 11010 01101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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