Analysis of After You Speak
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
After you speak
And what you meant
Is plain,
My eyes
Meet yours that mean,
With your cheeks and hair,
Something more wise,
More dark,
And far different.
Even so the lark
Loves dust
And nestles in it
The minute
Before he must
Soar in lone flight
So far,
Like a black star
He seems -
A mote
Of singing dust
Afloat
Above,
The dreams
And sheds no light.
I know your lust
Is love.
| Scheme | ABCDEFDGHGIJKILMMNOIOPNLIP |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 0111 11 11 1111 11101 1011 11 01100 10101 11 01001 010 0111 1011 11 1011 11 01 1101 01 01 01 0111 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 358 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 26 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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