Analysis of The Wood of Flowers
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
I went to the Wood of Flowers
(No one was with me):
I was there alone for hours.
I was happy as could be
In the Wood of Flowers.
There was grass on the ground,
There were buds on the tree,
And the wind had a sound
Of such gaiety,
That I was as happy
As happy could be,
In the Wood of Flowers.
| Scheme | ababA cbccbbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101110 11111 11101110 1110111 001110 111101 101101 001101 111 111110 11011 001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 299 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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