Analysis of All Last Night
Lascelles Abercrombie 1881 (Ashton upon Mersey) – 1938 (London)
All last night I had quiet
In a fragrant dream and warm:
She became my Sabbath,
And round my neck, her arm.
I knew the warmth in my dreaming;
The fragrance, I suppose,
Was her hair about me,
Or else she wore a rose.
Her hair I think; for likest
Woodruffe 'twas, when Spring
Loitering down the wet woodways
Treads it sauntering.
No light, nor any speaking;
Fragrant only and warm.
Enough to know my lodging,
The white Sabbath of her arm.
| Scheme | ABXC DEXE ADED DBDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111110 0010101 101110 011101 11010110 010101 101011 111101 011111 1111 1001011 111 1111010 101001 0111110 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 438 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 18, 2023
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