Analysis of A Spring Song

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



Dark sod pierced by flames of flowers,
Dead wood freshly quickening,
Bright skies dusked with sudden showers,
Lit by rainbows on the wing.

Cuckoo calls and young lambs' bleating,
Nimble airs which coyly bring
Little gusts of tender greeting
From shy nooks where violets cling.

Half-fledged buds and birds and vernal
Fields of grass dew-glistening;
Evanescent life's eternal
Resurrection, bridal Spring!


Scheme ABAB BBBB CBCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111110 1110100 11111010 111101 110111 1011101 10111010 11111001 11101010 1111100 0101010 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 410
Words 63
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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