Song
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
THE LIGHT of spring
On the emerald earth,
A man, a maid,
And a mood of mirth,
A foolish jest,
That a smile amends -
It took no more
To make us friends.
An evening breeze,
The year in bloom,
Lips quickly met
In the garden's gloom;
The trees about us,
The stars above -
It took no more
To teach us love.
Frost in the air -
The air like wine -
Go you your way,
And I'll go mine.
Lightly we part
Who lightly met -
What more is needed,
When both forget?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxaxbCb xdedxfCf xgxgxexe |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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