Analysis of The Wind
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
O, wind! what saw you in the South,
In lilied meadows fair and far?
I saw a lover kiss his lass
New-won beneath the evening star.
O, wind! what saw you in the West
Of passing sweet that wooed your stay?
I saw a mother kneeling by
The cradle where her first-born lay.
O, wind! what saw you in the North
That you shall dream of evermore?
I saw a maiden keeping tryst
Upon a gray and haunted shore.
O, wind! what saw you in the East
That still of ancient dole you croon?
I saw a wan wreck on the waves
And a dead face beneath the moon.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111001 011101 11010111 11010101 11111001 11011111 11010101 01010111 11111001 1111110 11010101 01010101 11111001 11110111 11011101 00110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 532 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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