Analysis of Brandon

Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)



THE house is empty, and the garden alley,
A shadowed aisle of linden and of yew,
A marble vase, a glimpse of river-valley ­
Translucent white against transparent blue -
A mystery of boxwood and of byway,
Beneath barred windows and unopened door,
And far below the river like a highway
Sweeps on, but brings no travelers any more.
Beauty alone is constant; where she chooses
A dwelling-place, there would she ever stay;
Fortune and friends and fashion though it loses,
Beauty more faithful does not pass away,
But most deserted, most herself she seems
Left to her deep and solitary dreams.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01110001010 0101110011 01010111010 0101010101 010011011 0111000101 0101010101 11111100101 10011101110 0101111101 10010101110 1011011101 1101010111 110101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 588
Words 104
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 468
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller was a writer from the U.S. whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses made an impact on the suffrage issue, and her verse novel The White Cliffs encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. more…

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