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Came a pretty maid

George Eliot 1819 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) – 1880 (Chelsea, London)

Came a pretty maid
By the moon's pure light . . .
Loved me well, she said,
Eyes with tears all bright,
A pretty maid.

But too late she strayed,
Moonlight pure was there . . .
She was nought but shade,
Hiding the more fair,
The heav'nly maid.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXBA ACACA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 240
Words 45
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
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George Eliot

Mary Anne Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. more…

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