Analysis of Overheard On A Saltmarsh
Harold Edward Monro 1879 ( Brussels, ) – 1932 ( Broadstairs,)
Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?
Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them?
Give them me.
Give them me. Give them me.
Then I will howl all night in the reeds,
Lie in the mud and howl for them.
Goblin, why do you love them so?
They are better than stars or water,
Better than voices of winds that sing,
Better than any man's fair daughter,
Your green glass beads on a silver ring.
Hush, I stole them out of the moon.
Give me your beads, I want them.
I will howl in a deep lagoon
For your green glass beads, I love them so.
Give them me. Give them.
| Scheme | A B C C AB D EFEF G B GDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1110111111 111 111111 111111001 10010111 10111111 111011110 101101111 101101110 111110101 11111101 1111111 11100101 111111111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 129 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 20, 2023
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