Analysis of Wedding Day
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
The enchanted hour,
The magic bower,
Where, crowned with roses,
Love love discloses.
'Kiss me, my lover;
Doubting is over,
Over is waiting;
Love lights our mating!'
'But roses wither,
Chill winds blow hither,
One thing all say, dear,
Love lives a day, dear!'
'Heed those old stories?
New glowing glories
Blot out those lies, love!
Look in my eyes, love!
'Ah, but the world knows -
Naught of the true rose;
Back the world slips, love!
Give me your lips, love!
'Even were their lies true,
Yet were you wise to
Swear, at Love's portal,
The god's immortal.'
| Scheme | AABB AACC AADD EEFF GGFF HHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 001010 01010 11110 11010 11110 10110 10110 111010 11010 11110 11111 11011 11110 11010 11111 10111 11011 11011 10111 11111 100111 10111 11110 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 538 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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