This is an analysis of I Shall Be Loved As Quiet Things by Karle Wilson Baker.

I shall be loved as quiet things
Are loved--white pigeons in the sun,…

Browse poems by Karle Wilson Baker

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb Xcac abXb Xddd XeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 11110001 11011101 1101 01010001 11110001 010100100 1101 11010101 01110101 11010101 1101 01001111 100100001 11111100 0101 10110101 10011101 10010111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20