Analysis of The Brook. (From The Spanish)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)



Laugh of the mountain! -- lyre of bird and tree!
Pomp of the meadow! mirror of the morn!
The soul of April, unto whom are born
The rose and jessamine, leaps wild in thee!
Although, where'er thy devious current strays,
The lap of earth with gold and silver teems,
To me thy clear proceeding brighter seems
Than golden sands, that charm each shepherd's gaze.
How without guile thy bosom, all transparent
As the pure crystal, lets the curious eye
Thy secrets scan, thy smooth, round pebbles count!
How, without malice murmuring, glides thy current!
O sweet simplicity of days gone by!
Thou shun'st the haunts of man, to dwell in limpid fount!


Scheme ABBACDDCEFGEFE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011101 110110101 0111010111 0101001101 1101100101 0111110101 1111010101 1101111101 10111101010 10110101001 1101111101 101101001110 1101001111 111011111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 634
Words 114
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 500
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. more…

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