Analysis of The Difference

Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)



When we were together, heart of my heart, on that unforgotten quest,
With your tender arm about me thrown and your head upon my breast,
There came a grief that was bitter and deep and straitly dwell with me,
And I shunned it not, so sweet it was to suffer and be with thee.

And now when no more against mine own is beating thine eager heart,
When thine eyes are turned from the glance of mine and our ways are far apart,
A dear and long-sought joy has come my constant guest to be,
And I love it not, so bitter it is, unfelt, unshared, by thee.


Scheme AABB CCBB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11001011111111 1110101110110111 110111100101111 0111111111100111 0111101111101101 111111011101011101 01011111110111 01111110111111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 546
Words 110
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 53
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 211
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

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