Analysis of By Faith With Thanksgiving
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
LOVE is no bird that nests and flies,
No rose that buds and blooms and dies,
No star that shines and disappears,
No fire whose ashes strew the years:
Love is the god who lights the star,
Makes music of the lark's desire,
Love tells the rose what perfumes are,
And lights and feeds the deathless fire.
Love is no joy that dies apace
With the delight of dear embrace--
Love is no feast of wine and bread,
Red-vintaged and gold-harvested:
Love is the god whose touch divine
On hands that clung and lips that kissed,
Has turned life's common bread and wine
Into the Holy Eucharist.
Scheme | AABBCDCD EEXXFXFX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 11110101 1111001 110110101 11011101 110101010 11011011 01010110 11111101 10011101 11111101 1101100 11011101 11110111 11110101 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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