Analysis of The Best Thing in the World
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
What's the best thing in the world?
June-rose, by May-dew impearled;
Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;
Truth, not cruel to a friend;
Pleasure, not in haste to end;
Beauty, not self-decked and curled
Till its pride is over-plain;
Love, when, so, you're loved again.
What's the best thing in the world?
--Something out of it, I think.
| Scheme | AabccabdAe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1011001 111111 1111111 1110101 1010111 1011101 1111101 1111101 1011001 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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