Analysis of The Water Nymphs
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
They hide in the brook when I seek to draw nearer,
Laughing amain when I feign to depart;
Often I hear them, now faint and now clearer—
Innocent bold or so sweetly discreet.
Are they Nymphs of the Stream at their playing
Or but the brook I mistook for a voice?
Little care I; for, despite harsh Time’s flaying,
Brook voice or Nymph voice still makes me rejoice.
| Scheme | ABACDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110011111110 101111101 10111110110 1001111001 1111011110 1101101101 1011101111 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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