Analysis of Now all the lovely days are past
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Now all the lovely days are past,
The hours of sun and leagues of sea,
And starry nights that lay between
Yourself and me.
Our boat has left the sea behind.
She lies beside the friendly dock.
And soon the gangway will go down,
And lips will meet, and hands will lock,
And carriers will come climbing up
To take my things and leave us free.
There's trams and streets and home at last
For you and me.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 010110111 01011101 0101 101110101 11010101 0101111 01110111 010011101 11110111 11010111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 406 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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