Analysis of April -- North Carolina
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Would you not be in Tryon
Now that the spring is here,
When mocking-birds are praising
The fresh, the blossomy year?
Look -- on the leafy carpet
Woven of winter's browns
Iris and pink azaleas
Flutter their gaudy gowns.
The dogwood spreads white meshes --
So white and light and high --
To catch the drifting sunlight
Out of the cobalt sky.
The pointed beech and maple,
The pines, dark-tufted, tall,
Pattern with many colors
The mountain's purple wall.
Hark -- what a rushing torrent
Of crystal song falls sheer!
Would you not be in Tryon
Now that the spring is here?
| Scheme | ABxc xdxd xexe xfxf xcAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1111010 110111 1101110 01011 1101010 101101 1001010 101101 011110 110101 110101 11011 0101010 011101 1011010 010101 1101010 110111 1111010 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 604 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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