Analysis of Three And One
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Sometimes she seems so helpless and mild,
So full of sweet unreason and so weak,
So prone to some capricious whim or freak;
Now gay, now tearful, and now anger-wild,
By her strange moods of waywardness beguiled
And entertained, I stroke her pretty cheek,
And soothing words of peace and comfort speak;
And love her as a father loves a child.
Sometimes when I am troubled and sore pressed
On every side by fast advancing care,
She rises up with such majestic air,
I deem her some Olympian goddess-guest,
Who brings my heart new courage, hope, and rest.
In her brave eyes dwells balm for my despair,
And then I seem, while fondly gazing there,
A loving child upon my mothers breast.
Again, when her warm veins are full of life,
And youth’s volcanic tidal wave of fire
Sends the swift mercury of her pulses higher,
Her beauty stirs my heart to maddening strife,
And all the tiger in my blood is rife;
I love her with a lover’s fierce desire,
And find in her my dream, complete, entire,
Child, Mother, Mistress – all in one word – Wife.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCCDDC EFFEEFFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111001 11111011 1111010111 1111001101 10111101 001110101 0101110101 0101010101 0111110011 11001110101 1101110101 11010100101 1111110101 0011111101 0111110101 0101011101 0110111111 01010101110 101100101010 01011111001 0101001111 11010101010 01001101010 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,066 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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