Angela Burdett-Coutts

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



Long with us, now she leaves us; she has rest
Beneath our sacred sod:
A woman vowed to Good, whom all attest,
The daylight gift of God.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 140
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

George Meredith

George Meredith was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. more…

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