Analysis of To The Not Impossible Him
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
How shall I know, unless I go
To Cairo and Cathay,
Whether or not this blessed spot
Is blest in every way?
Now it may be, the flower for me
Is this beneath my nose:
How shall I tell, unless I smell
The Carthaginian rose?
The fabric of my faithful love
No power shall dim or ravel
Whilst I stay here,—but oh, my dear,
If I should ever travel!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110111 110001 1011111 1101001 111101011 110111 11110111 001001 01011101 11011110 11111111 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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