Analysis of For the Bed at Kelmscott
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
The wind's on the wold
And the night is a-cold,
And Thames runs chill
'Twixt mead and hill.
But kind and dear
Is the old house here
And my heart is warm
'Midst winter's harm.
Rest then and rest,
And think of the best
'Twixt summer and spring,
When all birds sing
In the town of the tree,
And ye in me
And scarce dare move,
Lest earth and its love
Should fade away
Ere the full of the day.
I am old and have seen
Many things that have been;
Both grief and peace
And wane and increase
No tale I tell
Of ill or well,
But this I say:
Night treadeth on day,
And for worst or best
Right good is rest.
Scheme | AABBCDEFGGHHIIJKLLMNOOPPLLGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 001101 0111 1101 1101 10111 01111 1101 1101 01101 11001 1111 001101 0101 0111 11011 1101 101101 111011 101111 1101 01001 1111 1111 1111 1111 01111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 575 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 452 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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