Analysis of In the Days of the Golden Rod
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Across the meadow in brooding shadow
I walk to drink of the autumn's wine
The charm of story, the artist's glory,
To-day on these silvering hills is mine;
On height, in hollow, where'er I follow,
By mellow hillside and searing sod,
Its plumes uplifting, in light winds drifting,
I see the glimmer of golden-rod.
In this latest comer the vanished summer
Has left its sunshine the world to cheer,
And bids us remember in late September
What beauty mates with the passing year.
The days that are fleetest are still the sweetest,
And life is near to the heart of God,
And the peace of heaven to earth is given
In this wonderful time of the golden-rod.
Scheme | ABXBACXC DEDEXCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 111110101 0111001010 11111111 1101010110 11010101 111001110 110101101 01101001010 11110111 01101001010 110110101 0111111010 011110111 00111011110 01100110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 255 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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