Analysis of J. C. M.

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



A fountain of our sweetest, quick to spring
In fellowship abounding, here subsides:
And never passage of a cloud on wing
To gladden blue forgets him; near he hides.


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01011010111 010010101 0101010111 1101011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 169
Words 31
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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