Analysis of Mother To Babe
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Fleck of sky you are,
Dropped through branches dark,
O my little one, mine!
Promise of the star,
Outpour of the lark;
Beam and song divine.
See this precious gift,
Steeping in new birth
All my being, for sign
Earth to heaven can lift,
Heaven descend on earth,
Both in one be mine!
Life in light you glass
When you peep and coo,
You, my little one, mine!
Brooklet chirps to grass,
Daisy looks in dew
Up to dear sunshine.
| Scheme | ABCABC DECDEC FGCFGC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11101 111011 10101 1101 10101 11101 1011 111011 111011 100111 10111 10111 11101 111011 1111 10101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 416 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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