Analysis of Teint Neutre
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
WIDE downs all gray, with gray of clouds roofed over,
Chill fields stripped naked of their gown of grain,
Small fields of rain-wet grass and close-grown clover,
Wet, wind-blown trees--and, over all, the rain.
Does memory lie? For Hope her missal closes
So far away the may and roses seem;
Ah! was there ever a garden red with roses?
Ah! were you ever mine save in a dream?
So long it is since Spring, the skylark waking
Heard her own praises in his perfect strain;
Low hang the clouds, the sad year's heart is breaking,
And mine, my heart--and, over all, the rain.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111110 1111011111 11111101110 1111010101 110011101010 1101010101 111100101110 1011011001 1111110110 1011001011 11010111110 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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