Analysis of Villeggiature
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
My window, framed in pear-tree bloom,
White-curtained shone, and softly lighted:
So, by the pear-tree, to my room
Your ghost last night climbed uninvited.
Your solid self, long leagues away,
Deep in dull books, had hardly missed me;
And yet you found this Romeo's way,
And through the blossom climbed and kissed me.
I watched the still and dewy lawn,
The pear-tree boughs hung white above you;
I listened to you till the dawn,
And half forgot I did not love you.
Od, dear! what pretty things you said,
What pearls of song you threaded for me!
I did not-till your ghost had fled-
Remember how you always bore me!
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE FCFC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11010111 11101010 11011111 11111010 11011101 101111011 0111111 010101011 11010101 011111011 11011101 010111111 11110111 111111011 11111111 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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