Analysis of Souvenir
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Just a rainy day or two
In a windy tower,
That was all I had of you—
Saving half an hour.
Marred by greeting passing groups
In a cinder walk,
Near some naked blackberry hoops
Dim with purple chalk.
I remember three or four
Things you said in spite,
And an ugly coat you wore,
Plaided black and white.
Just a rainy day or two
And a bitter word.
Why do I remember you
As a singing bird?
Scheme | Abab cxcxdede Afaf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 001010 1111111 101110 1110101 00101 1110101 11101 1010111 11101 0110111 1101 1010111 00101 1110101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 379 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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