Analysis of Unknown
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
She is most fair,
And when they see her pass
The poets' ladies
Look no more in the glass
But after her.
On a bleak moor
Running under the moon
She lures a poet,
Once proud or happy, soon
Far from his door.
Beside a train,
Because they saw her go,
Or failed to see her,
Travellers and watchers know
Another pain.
The simple lack
Of her is more to me
Than others' presence,
Whether life splendid be
Or utter black.
I have not seen,
I have no news of her;
I can tell only
She is not here, but there
She might have been.
She is to be kissed
Only perhaps by me;
She may be seeking
Me and no other; she
May not exist.
Scheme | ABXBC XDXDX EFCFE GHXHG XCHAX IHXHI |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111 011101 01010 111001 1100 1011 101001 11010 111101 1111 0101 011101 11110 1000101 0101 0101 101111 11010 101101 1101 1111 111110 11110 111111 1111 11111 100111 11110 101101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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