Analysis of A bunch of lilac and a storm of hail
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
A bunch of lilac and a storm of hail
On the same afternoon! Indeed I know
Here in the South it always happens so,
That lilac is companioned by the gale.
I took some hailstones from the window sill
And swallowed them in a communion feast.
Their transitory joy is mine at least,
The lilac's loveliness escapes me still.
Mine are the storms of spring, but not the sweets.
| Scheme | ABBACDDCE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011100111 101010111 100111101 1111101 111110101 0101000101 110011111 0110111 1101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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