Analysis of To an Early Daffodil
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
Thou yellow trumpeter of laggard Spring!
Thou herald of rich Summer's myriad flowers!
The climbing sun with new recovered powers
Does warm thee into being, through the ring
Of rich, brown earth he woos thee, makes thee fling
Thy green shoots up, inheriting the dowers
Of bending sky and sudden, sweeping showers,
Till ripe and blossoming thou art a thing
To make all nature glad, thou art so gay;
To fill the lonely with a joy untold;
Nodding at every gust of wind to-day,
To-morrow jewelled with raindrops. Always bold
To stand erect, full in the dazzling play
Of April's sun, for thou hast caught his gold.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001101 110111010010 01011101010 1110110101 1111111111 1111010001 11010101010 1101001101 1111011111 1101010101 10110011111 11011111 11011001001 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 482 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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