Analysis of Under-Song
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
There is music in the strong
Deep-throated bush,
Whisperings of song
Heard in the leaves' hush -
Ballads of the trees
In tongues unknown -
A reminiscent tone
On minor keys…
Boughs swaying to and fro
Though no winds pass…
Faint odors in the grass
Where no flowers grow,
And flutterings of wings
And faint first notes,
Once babbled on the boughs
Of faded springs.
Is it music from the graves
Of all things fair
Trembling on the staves
Of spacious air -
Fluted by the winds
Songs with no words -
Sonatas from the throats
Of master birds?
One peering through the husk
Of darkness thrown
May hear it in the dusk -
That ancient tone,
Silvery as the light
Of long dead stars
Yet falling through the night
In trembling bars.
Scheme | AXAXBCCB DEEDFGXF HIHIXJGJ KCKCLMLM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110001 1101 111 10011 10101 0101 00101 1101 110101 1111 110001 11101 0111 0111 110101 1101 1110101 1111 100101 1101 1101 1111 10101 1101 110101 1101 111001 1101 100101 1111 110101 01001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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