Analysis of Spring Song
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
THE air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heart
And I knew I loved her dearly.
The fallows and the leafless trees
And all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring's
First puff of perfume mingled.
In my still heart the thoughts awoke,
Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is Love
A mere affair of weather?
| Scheme | XABA XBXX XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01111101 0111010 0101011 01111010 0100101 011101 110011101 1110110 01110101 1111010 11010111 0101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
- 23 sec read
- 419 Views
4 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Spring Song" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/31679/spring-song>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Robert Louis Stevenson poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In