Analysis of Violets
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Violets, shy violets!
How many hearts with you compare!
Who hide themselves in thickest green,
And thence, unseen,
Ravish the enraptured air
With sweetness, dewy fresh and rare!
Violets, shy violets!
Human hearts to me shall be
Viewless violets in the grass,
And as I pass,
Odours and sweet imagery
Will wait on mine and gladden me!
| Scheme | Abccbb Adeedd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001100 11011101 11010101 0101 100101 11010101 1001100 1011111 1100001 0111 101100 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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