Analysis of Faith II
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
THROUGH the long night, the deathlong night,
Along the dark and haunted way,
I knew your hidden face was bright--
More bright than any day.
And when the faint, insistent moan
Rose from some weed-grown wayside grave,
I said, 'I do not walk alone;
'Tis easy to be brave.
I never turned to speak with you,
For all the way was dark and long,
But all the shadows' menace through
Your silence was my song.
I never sought to take your hand,
For all the way was long and rough;
I taught my soul to understand
That love was strength enough.
Then, suddenly, the ghosts drew near,
A ghastly, gliding, tomb-white band;
I called aloud for you to hear,
My hand besought your hand.
No voice, no touch--the thin ghosts glide
Where in my dream I dreamed you were--
Night, night, you are not by my side,
You never have been there!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH XGXG IXIX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1011011 01010101 11110111 111101 01010101 1111111 11111101 110111 11011111 11011101 1101101 110111 11011111 11011101 1111101 111101 11000111 01010111 11011111 11111 11110111 10111110 11111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 820 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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