Analysis of Apples Growing.
William McKendree Carleton 1845 (Hudson, Michigan, ) – 1912 ( Brooklyn, New York, )
Underneath an apple-tree
Sat a dame of comely seeming,
With her work upon her knee,
And her great eyes idly dreaming.
O'er the harvest-acres bright,
Came her husband's din of reaping;
Near to her, an infant wight
Through the tangled grass was creeping.
On the branches long and high,
And the great green apples growing,
Rested she her wandering eye,
With a retrospective knowing.
"This," she said, "the shelter is,
Where, when gay and raven-headed,
I consented to be his,
And our willing hearts were wedded.
"Laughing words and peals of mirth,
Long are changed to grave endeavor;
Sorrow's winds have swept to earth
Many a blossomed hope forever.
Thunder-heads have hovered o'er -
Storms my path have chilled and shaded;
Of the bloom my gay youth bore,
Some has fruited - more has faded."
Quickly, and amid her sighs,
Through the grass her baby wrestled,
Smiled on her its father's eyes,
And unto her bosom nestled.
And with sudden, joyous glee,
Half the wife's and half the mother's,
"Still the best is left," said she:
"I have learned to live for others."
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Metre | 011101 10111010 1010101 00111010 10010101 10101110 1101101 10101110 1010101 00111010 10101001 1001010 1110101 11101010 1010111 010101010 1010111 11111010 111111 100101010 10111010 11111010 1011111 1111110 1000101 10101010 1101101 01001010 0110101 10101010 1011111 11111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,046 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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