Analysis of Fear
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
If you were here,
Hopes, dreams, ambitions, faith would disappear,
Drowned in your eyes; and I should touch your hand,
Forgetting all that now I understand.
For you confuse my life with memories
Of unrememberable ecstasies
Which were, and are not, and can never be; . . .
Ah! keep the whole earth between you and me.
| Scheme | ABCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 110101101 1011011111 010111101 1101111100 111 1001101101 1101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 317 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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