Analysis of Brown Leaves
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
The passage of dead leaves in spring
Is like the aged vanishing.
Amid the bustle and delight
Of beauty thronging sound and sight,
Their lengthened course we hardly know
Nor mark their exit when they go.
Yet through the burst of budding green
And blossoms rich with varied sheen
A brown leaf sometimes flutters by
And breeds a sombre revery.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 01011101 1101100 01010001 1101101 11011101 11110111 11011101 01011101 01101101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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