Analysis of Hoar-Frost
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
In the cloud gray mornings
I heard the herons Flying
And when I came into my garden,
My silken outer-garment
Trailed over withered leaves.
A dried leaf crumbles at a touch,
But I have seen many Autumns
With herons blowing like smoke
Across the sky.
| Scheme | ABCDEFAGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 001110 1101010 011101110 1101010 110101 01110101 1111101 1101011 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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