Analysis of October
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
Beauty has a tarnished dress,
And a patchwork cloak of cloth
Dipped deep in mournfulness,
Striped like a moth.
Wet grass where it trails
Dyes it green along the hem;
She has seven silver veils
With cracked bells on them.
She is tired of all these--
Grey gauze, translucent lawn;
The broad cloak of Herakles.
Is tangled flame and fawn.
Water and light are wearing thin:
She has drawn above her head
The warm enormous lion skin
Rough red and gold.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEAE FXFX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1010101 001111 1101 1101 11111 1110101 1110101 11111 1110111 110101 01111 110101 10011101 1110101 01010101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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