Analysis of An Early Snow Makes No Sound

John Martino 1955 (New Jersey)



An Early Snow Makes No Sound

The trees are all brown and dropping leaves, their bareness too late.
The forest in Fall, a place of peace, has met a grim fate.  
An early snow makes no sound, ‘cept the din of a cracking limb
A broken landscape, a lost nest, a bird upon the wing
The weight of white snow brings a weight of dark death.
It takes a young sapling, a mother’s young brood, the weak’s last breath.

A smothering blanket that comes too soon, a beauty in disguise.
The wandering hiker is unaware, knows not how unwise      
His pause to marvel, his pause to soak in, his pause of great joy   
This early snow makes no sound, ‘cept the cries of a small boy
He’s lost his way, no trail to follow, sees danger along the way.
A paradise can be a beautiful place where no one wants to stay.


Scheme X AAXXBB CCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 0111101011111 01001011111011 110111110110101 0101011010101 01111101111 110110010110111 0100101111010001 01001010111101 111101111011111 11011111011011 1111111101100101 0101101001111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 803
Words 162
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 201
Words per stanza (avg) 51

About this poem

It is about a snow that happens too soon, early October, before the trees have had a chance to lose their leaves.

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Written on May 20, 2021

Submitted by jtm0107 on May 23, 2022

Modified on April 13, 2023

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