Analysis of January
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
WHILE yet the air is keen, and no bird sings,
Nor any vaguest thrills of heart declare
The presence of the springtime in the air,
Through the raw dawn the shepherd homeward brings
The wee white lambs--the little helpless things--
For shelter, warmth, and comfortable care.
Without his help how hardly lambs would fare--
How hardly live through winter's hours to spring's!
So let me tend and minister apart
To my new hope, which some day you shall know:
It could not live in January wind
Of your disdain; but when within your heart
The bud and bloom of tenderness shall grow,
Amid the flowers my hope may welcome find.
| Scheme | ABBAABBA CDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
| Metre | 1101110111 1101011101 010101001 1011010101 0111010101 1101010001 0111110111 11011101011 1111010001 1111111111 111101001 1101110111 0101110011 01010111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 625 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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