Analysis of To Winter
Eugene O'Neill 1888 (Times Square) – 1953 (Boston)
"Blow, blow, thou winter wind."
Away from here,
And I shall greet thy passing breath
Without a tear.
I do not love thy snow and sleet
Or icy flows;
When I must jump or stamp to warm
My freezing toes.
For why should I be happy or
E'en be merry,
In weather only fitted for
Cook or Peary.
My eyes are red, my lips are blue
My ears frost bitt'n;
Thy numbing kiss doth e'en extend
Thro' my mitten.
I am cold, no matter how I warm
Or clothe me;
O Winter, greater bards have sung
I loathe thee!
Scheme | XXXX XABA CDCD XEXE BDXD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (45%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 111101 0111 01111101 0101 11111101 1101 11111111 1101 11111101 11110 01010101 1110 11111111 1111 110111101 1110 111110111 111 11010111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 476 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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