Analysis of Overheard on a Salmarsh

Harold Monro 1879 (Brussels) – 1932



Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?
Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them?
Give them me.
No.
Give them me. Give them me.
No.
Then I will howl all night in the reeds,
Lie in the mud and howl for them.

Goblin, why do you love them so?

They are better than stars or water,
Better than voices of winds that sing,
Better than any man's fair daughter,
Your green glass beads on a silver ring.

Hush, I stole them out of the moon.
Give me your beads, I want them.
No.

I will howl in the deep lagoon
For your green glass beads, I love them so.
Give thme me. Give them.
No.


Scheme abcDcDab d efef gbD gdbD
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111111 1110111111 111 1 111111 1 111111001 10010111 10111111 111011110 101101111 101101110 111110101 11111101 1111111 1 11100101 111111111 11111 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 562
Words 118
Sentences 19
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 1, 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Harold Monro

Harold Edward Monro was a British poet, the proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop in London which helped many famous poets bring their work before the public. more…

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