Analysis of Seed-Time And Harvest
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
MY hollyhocks are all awake,
And not a single rose is lost;
My wallflowers, for dear pity's sake,
Have fought the winter's cruel frost;
Pink peony buds begin to peer,
And flags push up their sword-blades fine:
I know there will not be this year
A brighter garden plot than mine.
I'll sow the seeds of mignonette,
Of snapdragon and sunflowers tall,
And scarlet poppies I will set
To flower against the southern wall;
Already all my lilies show
The green crowns baby lilies wear,
And all my flowers will grow and blow,
Because Love's hand has set them there.
I'll plant and water, sow and weed,
Till not an inch of earth shows brown,
And take a vow of each small seed
To grow to greenness and renown:
And then some day you'll pass my way,
See gold and crimson, bell and star,
And catch my garden's soul, and say:
'How sweet these cottage gardens are!'
Scheme | ABABCDCD BEXEFGFG HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 01010111 111111 11010101 110010111 01111111 11111111 01010111 110111 1100101 01010111 110010101 01011101 01110101 011101101 01111111 11010101 11111111 01011111 11110001 01111111 11010101 01110101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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