Analysis of A Song Of Spring
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
The Spring comes slowly up this way,
Slowly, slowly,
Under a snood of hodden grey.
The black and white for her array,
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up this way.
Where is her green that was so gay?
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up this way.
Unto a world too sick for May,
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up this way.
Where are the lads that used to play?
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up this way.
She has no heart for holiday,
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up this way.
The trees are out in Heaven they say.
Slowly, slowly,
The Spring comes slowly up our way.
| Scheme | ABa aBA aBA aBA aBA aBA aBa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110111 1010 1001111 01011001 1010 01110111 11011111 1010 01110111 10011111 1010 01110111 11011111 1010 01110111 1111110 1010 01110111 011101011 1010 011101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 595 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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