Analysis of From The Spanish Of Villegas

William Cullen Bryant 1794 (Cummington) – 1878 (New York City)



'Tis sweet, in the green Spring,
To gaze upon the wakening fields around;
Birds in the thicket sing,
Winds whisper, waters prattle from the ground;
A thousand odours rise,
Breathed up from blossoms of a thousand dyes.

Shadowy, and close, and cool,
The pine and poplar keep their quiet nook;
For ever fresh and full,
Shines, at their feet, the thirst-inviting brook;
And the soft herbage seems
Spread for a place of banquets and of dreams.

Thou, who alone art fair,
And whom alone I love, art far away.
Unless thy smile be there,
It makes me sad to see the earth so gay;
I care not if the train
Of leaves, and flowers, and zephyrs go again.


Scheme ABABCC XDXDEE FGFGXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110011 110101101 100101 1101010101 01011 1111010101 1000101 0101011101 110101 1111010101 00111 1101110011 110111 0101111101 011111 1111110111 111101 11010010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 630
Words 120
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. more…

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