Analysis of Mistletoe
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.
Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen - and kissed me there.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010010 111010 1110101 1010101 1110101 11010 1110111 10111111 1010010 111010 11111110 111111010 100101001 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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