Analysis of The Fir-Tree
Josephine Preston Peabody 1874 (New York City) – 1922
The winds have blown more bitter
Each darkening day of fall;
High over all the house-tops
The stars are far and small
I wonder, will my fir-tree
Be green in spite of all?
O grief is colder—colder
Than wind from any part;
And tears of grief are bitter tears,
And doubt’s a sorer smart!
But I promised to my fir-tree
To keep the fragrant heart.
Scheme | ABXBCB ADXDCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110 1100111 1101011 011101 1101111 110111 1111010 111101 01111101 01011 11101111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 343 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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