Analysis of Dream-Dew
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
WHITE bird of love, lie warm upon my breast,
White flower of love, lie cool against my face!
Teach me to dream again a little space
Ere this dream, too, sink earthward with the rest.
Teach me to dream my heart still pure as snow,
Teach me to dream my lips deserve this grace:
Then let me wake in some forgotten place,
And know you gone, but never see you go.
| Scheme | ABBA CBBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111110111 11011110111 1111010101 111111101 1111111111 1111110111 1111010101 0111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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