Analysis of Blue and White
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
BLUE is Our Lady’s colour,
White is Our Lord’s.
To-morrow I will wear a knot
Of blue and white cords,
That you may see it, where you ride
Among the flashing swords.
O banner, white and sunny blue,
With prayer I wove thee!
For love the white, for faith the heavenly hue,
And both for him, so tender-true,
Him that doth love me!
| Scheme | ABXBXB CDCAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 11101 11011101 11011 11111111 010101 11010101 11111 11011101001 01111101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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