Analysis of To Vera, Who Asked A Song
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
IF I only had time!
I could make you a rhyme.
But my time is kept flying
By smiling and sighing
And living and dying for you.
The song-seed, I sow it,
I water and hoe it,
But never can grow it.
Ah, traitress, you know it!
What is a poor poet to do?
Ah, let me take breath!
I am harried to death
By the loves and the graces
That crowd where your face is
That lurk in your laces and throng.
Call them off for a minute,
Once let me begin it
The devil is in it
If I can not spin it
As sweet as a linnet, your song!
| Scheme | AABBCDDDDC EEFFGXDDDG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 111011 111101 1111110 110010 01001011 011111 110011 110111 11111 11011011 11111 111011 1010010 111111 11011001 1111010 111011 010101 111111 11101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 499 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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