Analysis of A Girl's Autumn Reverie
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
We plucked a red rose, you and I
All in the summer weather;
Sweet its perfume and rare its bloom,
Enjoyed by us together.
The rose is dead, the summer fled,
And bleak winds are complaining;
We dwell apart, but in each heart
We find the thorn remaining.
We sipped a sweet wine, you and I,
All in the summer weather.
The beaded draught we lightly quaffed,
And filled the glass together.
Together we watched its rosy glow,
And saw its bubbles glitter;
Apart, alone, we only know
The lees are very bitter.
We walked in sunshine, you and I,
All in the summer weather.
The very night seemed noonday bright.
When we two were together.
I wonder why with our good-by
O'er hill and vale and meadow
There fell such shade, our paths seemed laid
Forevermore in shadow.
We dreamed a sweet dream, you and I,
All in the summer weather,
Where rose and wine and warm sunshine
Were mingled in together.
We dreamed that June was with us yet,
We woke to find December.
We dreamed that we two could forget,
We woke but to remember.
Scheme | aBxbcdxd aBcbebeb aBxbaexe aBxbfbfb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 1001010 11010111 0111010 01110101 0111010 11011011 1101010 11011101 1001010 01011101 0101010 010111101 0111010 01011101 0111010 1101101 1001010 0101111 1110010 110111011 1010101 111110111 101 11011101 1001010 1101011 0100010 11111111 1111010 11111101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 986 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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