Analysis of The Evening of the Year
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Wan mists enwrap the still-born day;
The harebell withers on the heath;
And all the moorland seems to breathe
The hectic beauty of decay.
Within the open grave of May
Dishevelled trees drop wreath on wreath;
Wind-wrung and ravelled underneath
Waste leaves choke up the woodland way.
The grief of many partings near
Wails like an echo in the wind:
The days of love lie far behind,
The days of loss lie shuddering near.
Life's morning-glory who shall bind?
It is the evening of the year.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 0110101 0101111 01010101 01010111 111111 110101 1111011 0111011 11110001 01111101 011111001 11010111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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