Analysis of Green Leaves and Sere
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Three tall poplars beside the pool
Shiver and moan in the gusty blast,
The carded clouds are blown like wool,
And the yellowing leaves fly thick and fast.
The leaves, now driven before the blast,
Now flung by fits on the curdling pool,
Are tossed heaven-high and dropped at last
As if at the whim of a jabbering fool.
O leaves, once rustling green and cool!
Two met here where one moans aghast
With wild heart heaving towards the past:
Three tall poplars beside the pool.
Scheme | Abxb baba abbA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110101 100100101 01011111 0010011101 011100101 11111011 111010111 111011011 11110101 11111101 111100101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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