Analysis of The Gift Of Life
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
Life is a night all dark and wild,
Yet still stars shine:
This moment is a star, my child -
Your star and mine.
Life is a desert dry and drear,
Undewed, unblest;
This hour is an oasis, dear;
Here let us rest.
Life is a sea of windy spray,
Cold, fierce and free:
An isle enchanted is to-day
For you and me.
Forget night, sea, and desert: take
The gift supreme,
And, of life's brief relenting, make
A deathless dream.
| Scheme | ABAB CACX CCXX DEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 1111 11010111 1101 11010101 11 110110101 1111 11011101 1101 11010111 1101 01110101 0101 01110101 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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