Analysis of Brandenburgh Harvest-Song
Felicia Dorothea Hemans 1793 (Liverpool, Lancashire) – 1835 (Dublin, County Dublin)
The corn, in golden light,
Waves o'er the plain;
The sickle's gleam is bright;
Full swells the grain.
Now send we far around
Our harvest lay!
-Alas! a heavier sound
Comes o'er the day!
On every breeze a knell
The hamlets pour,-
-We know its cause too well,
She is no more!
Her soft eye's blue,-
-Now o'er the gifts of God
Fall tears like dew!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 010101 11001 01111 1101 111101 10101 0101001 11001 1100101 0101 111111 1111 0111 1100111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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