Analysis of In The Springtime
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
'T is spring! The boats bound to the sea;
The breezes, loitering kindly over
The fields, again bring herds and men
The grateful cheer of honeyed clover.
Now Venus hither leads her train;
The Nymphs and Graces join in orgies;
The moon is bright, and by her light
Old Vulcan kindles up his forges.
Bind myrtle now about your brow,
And weave fair flowers in maiden tresses;
Appease god Pan, who, kind to man,
Our fleeting life with affluence blesses;
But let the changing seasons mind us,
That Death's the certain doom of mortals,--
Grim Death, who waits at humble gates,
And likewise stalks through kingly portals.
Soon, Sestius, shall Plutonian shades
Enfold you with their hideous seemings;
Then love and mirth and joys of earth
Shall fade away like fevered dreamings.
Scheme | ABXB XXXC XCXC XDXD XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111011101 0101001010 01011101 01011110 11010101 010101010 01110101 11011110 11010111 0111001010 01111111 10101110010 110101011 110101110 11111101 01111010 11101001 011111001 11010111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 757 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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