Analysis of Green Fields And Running Brooks
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Ho! green fields and running brooks!
Knotted strings and fishing-hooks
Of the truant, stealing down
Weedy backways of the town.
Where the sunshine overlooks,
By green fields and running brooks,
All intruding guests of chance
With a golden tolerance,
Cooing doves, or pensive pair
Of picnickers, straying there--
By green fields and running brooks,
Sylvan shades and mossy nooks!
And--O Dreamer of the Days,
Murmurer of roundelays
All unsung of words or books,
Sing green fields and running brooks!
| Scheme | aabb aAxx ccAa xaaa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1110101 1010101 1010101 101101 10110 1110101 1010111 1010100 1011101 11101 1110101 101011 0110101 111 1011111 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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