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 |
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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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