Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 2. Old Yew, which graspest at the sto
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the under-lying dead,
Thy fibres net the dreamless head,
Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.
The seasons bring the flower again,
And bring the firstling to the flock;
And in the dusk of thee, the clock
Beats out the little lives of men.
O not for thee the glow, the bloom,
Who changest not in any gale,
Nor branding summer suns avail
To touch thy thousand years of gloom:
And gazing on thee, sullen tree,
Sick for thy stubborn hardihood,
I seem to fail from out my blood
And grow incorporate into thee.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11010101 111011 11110101 010101001 0101101 00011101 11010111 11110101 1110101 11010101 11110111 01011101 111101 11111111 01010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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