Analysis of A Water-Color
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Low hidden in among the forest trees
An artist's tilted easel, ankle-deep
In tousled ferns and mosses, and in these
A fluffy water-spaniel, half asleep
Beside a sketch-book and a fallen hat--
A little wicker flask tossed into that.
A sense of utter carelessness and grace
Of pure abandon in the slumb'rous scene,--
As if the June, all hoydenish of face,
Had romped herself to sleep there on the green,
And brink and sagging bridge and sliding stream
Were just romantic parcels of her dream.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100010101 1101010101 011010001 0101010101 0101100101 0101011011 0111010001 110100011 11011111 1101111101 0101010101 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 487 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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