Analysis of Forest Moods
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
There is singing of birds in the deep wet woods,
In the heart of the listening solitudes,
Pewees, and thrushes, and sparrows, not few,
And all the notes of their throats are true.
The thrush from the innermost ash takes on
A tender dream of the treasured and gone;
But the sparrow singeth with pride and cheer
Of the might and light of the present and here.
There is shining of flowers in the deep wet woods,
In the heart of the sensitive solitudes,
The roseate bell and the lily are there,
And every leaf of their sheaf is fair.
Careless and bold, without dream of woe,
The trilliums scatter their flags of snow;
But the pale wood-daffodil covers her face,
Agloom with the doom of a sorrowful race.
Scheme | AABB XXXX AACC DDEE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11101100111 001101001 101001011 010111111 011010111 0101101001 101011101 10101101001 111011000111 001101001 01001001011 0100111111 100101111 01101111 1011101001 1101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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