The World Is Great

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



The world is great!
The birds fly from me;
The stars are golden fruit
Upon a tree
All out of reach
My little sister went and I am lonely.

The world is great!
I tried to mount the hill
Above the pines
Where the light lies so still,
But it rose higher.
Little Lisa went and I am lonely.

The world is great!
The wind comes rushing by.
I wonder where it comes from.
Sea-birds cry
And hurt my heart.
My little sister went and I am lonely.

The world is great!
The people laugh and talk,
And make loud holiday.
How fast they walk!
I'm lame, they push me.
Little Lisa went and I am lonely.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbxbxB AcxcxB AdxdxB AexebB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 566
Words 119
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6

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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