Analysis of Windflowers
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
When I was little and good
I walked in the dappled wood
Where light white windflowers grew,
And hyacinths heavy and blue.
The windflowers fluttered light,
Like butterflies white and bright;
The bluebells tremulous stood
Deep in the heart of the wood.
I gathered the white and the blue,
The wild wet woodland through,
With hands too silly and small
To clasp and carry them all.
Some dropped from my hands and died
By the home-road's grassy side;
And those that my fond hands pressed
Died even before the rest.
Scheme | AABB CCAA BBDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111001 110011 11111 01001001 01101 110101 011001 1001101 11001001 01111 1111001 1101011 1111101 1011101 0111111 1100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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