Analysis of From the German
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
ONCE for thy brow a wreath I wished to wind,
And, seeking long, I could no flowers find.
Now golden flowers are blooming far and near,
But, ah! dear love, thou art no longer here.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011111 0101111101 11010110101 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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