Analysis of Nancy
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
You are a rose, but set with sharpest spine;
You are a pretty bird that pecks at me;
You are a little squirrel on a tree,
Pelting me with the prickly fruit of the pine;
A diamond, torn from a crystal mine,
Not like that milky treasure of the sea,
A smooth, translucent pearl, but skilfully
Carven to cut, and faceted to shine.
If you are flame, it dances and burns blue;
If you are light, it pierces like a star
Intenser than a needlepoint of ice.
The dextrous touch that shaped the soul of you,
Mingled, to mix, and make you what you are,
Magic between the sugar and the spice.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 1101011111 1101010101 10110101101 010110101 1111010101 01010111 111010011 1111110011 111111101 1101011 0101110111 1011011111 1001010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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