Analysis of The Onlooker
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
If I could make a pillow for your head,
Soft, pleasant, filled with every pretty thought;
If I could lay a carpet where you tread
Of all my life's most radiant fancies wrought,
And spread my love as canopy above you,
Your sleep, your steps should know how much I love you.
But--as life goes, to the old sorry tune--
I stand apart, I see thorns wound your feet,
Your sleeping eyes resenting sun and moon,
Your head lie restless on a breast unmeet--
And say no word, and suffer without moan,
Lest you should guess how much you are alone.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 11011100101 1111010111 11111100101 01111100011 11111111111 1111101101 1101111111 1101010101 111101011 0111010011 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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