Analysis of The Laurustinus
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
Fair tree of winter! fresh and flowering,
When all around is dead and dry;
Whose ruby buds, though storms are louring,
Spread their white blossoms to the sky.
Green are thy leaves, more purely green
Through every changing period seen;
And when the gaudy months are past,
Thy loveliest season is the last.
Be thou an emblem - thus unfolding
The history of that maiden's mind,
Whose eye, these humble lines beholding,
In them her future lot may find:
Through life's mutations may she be
A modest evergreen like thee;
Though bless'd in youth, in age more bless'd,
Still be her latest days the best.
Scheme | ABABCCDDAEAEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010100 11011101 11011111 11110101 11111101 1100101001 01010111 1110101 111101010 01001111 111101010 01010111 11010111 0101011 11010111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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