Analysis of Memory Pictures
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
A wide-spring meadow in a rosy dawn
Bedropt with virgin buds; an orient sky
Fleeced with a dappled cloud but half withdrawn;
A mad wind blowing by,
O'er slopes of rippling grass and glens apart;
A brackened path to a wild-woodland place
A limpid pool with a fair, laughing face
Mirrored within its heart.
An ancient garden brimmed with summer sun
Upon a still and slumberous afternoon;
Old walks and pleasances with shadows spun
Where honeyed odors swoon;
A velvet turf with blossoms garlanded;
A hedge of Mary-lilies white and tall;
And, shining out against a lichened wall,
A stately-golden head.
An autumn hilltop in the sunset hue,
Pine boughs uptossed against the crystal west,
And, girdled with the twilight dim and blue,
A valley peace-possessed;
A high-sprung heaven stained with colors rare,
A sheen of moonrise on the sea afar,
And, bright and soft as any glimmering star,
Eyes holy as a prayer.
Scheme | ABABCDDC EFEFCGGX HIHIJKKJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011100101 111011101 110111101 011101 101110010101 01110111 011101101 100111 1101011101 01010101 1101111 11101 01011101 0111010101 010101011 010101 11010011 111010101 01101101 010101 0111011101 011110101 01011101001 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 901 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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