Analysis of This year I have seen autumn with new eyes

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



This year I have seen autumn with new eyes,
Glimpsed hitherto undreamt of mysteries
In the slow ripening of the town-bred trees;
Horse-chestnut lifting wide hands to the skies;
And silver beech turned gold now winter's near;
And elm, whose leaves like little suns appear
Scattering light — all, all have made me wise
And writ me lectures in earth's loveliness,
Whether they laugh through the grey morning mist,
Or by the loving sun at noon are kissed
Or seek at night the high-swung lamp's caress.
Does autumn such a novel splendour wear
Simply because my love has yellow hair?


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 11111100 00110010111 111011101 0101111101 0111110101 1001111111 01110011 1011101101 1101011111 1111011101 110101011 1001111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 587
Words 102
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 461
Words per stanza (avg) 100
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist. more…

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