Analysis of Envoys
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
BROWN leaves forget the green of May,
The earth forgets the kiss of Spring;
And down our happy woodland way
Gray mists go wandering.
You have forgotten too, they say;
Yet, does no stealthy memory creep
Among the mist wreaths, ghostly gray,
Where spell-bound violets sleep?
Ah, send your thought sometimes to stray
By paths that knew our lingering feet.
My thought walks there this many a day,
And they, at least, may meet.
Scheme | ABAB ACAC ADAD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010111 01010111 01101011 111100 11010111 111101001 01011101 1111001 11110111 1111101001 111111001 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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