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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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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