Analysis of The Blue Ridge
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
STILL and calm,
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world.
The forests cover them like mantles;
Day and night
Rise and fall over them like the wash of waves.
Asleep, they reign.
Silent, they say all.
Hush me, O slumbering mountains -
Send me dreams.
| Scheme | XXXXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) |
| Metre | 101 010111 0110101101101 010101110 101 10110110111 0111 10111 11110010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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