Analysis of Affection
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
The earth that made the rose,
She also is thy mother, and not I.
The flame wherewith thy maiden spirit glows
Was lighted at no hearth that I sit by.
I am as far below as heaven above thee.
Were I thine angel, more I could not love thee.
Bid me defend thee!
Thy danger over-human strength shall lend me,
A hand of iron and a heart of steel,
To strike, to wound, to slay, and not to feel.
But if you chide me,
I am a weak, defenceless child beside thee.
Scheme | ABABCC CCDDCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 1101110011 011110101 1101111111 111101110011 01110111111 11011 11010101111 0111000111 1111110111 11111 110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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