Analysis of The Quiet Snow

Raymond Knister 1899 (Ruscom Station, Ontario) – 1932



1     The quiet snow
2     Will splotch
3     Each in the row of cedars
4     With a fine
5     And patient hand;
6     Numb the harshness,
7     Tangle of that swamp.
8     It does not say, The sun
9     Does these things another way.

10   Even on hats of walkers,
11   The air of noise
12   And street-car ledges
13   It does not know
14   There should be hurry.


Scheme AXBXXXXXX BXXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11 1001110 101 0101 1010 10111 111101 1110101 1011110 0111 01110 1111 11110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 360
Words 71
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 5
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Raymond Knister

John Raymond Knister was a Canadian poet, novelist, story writer, columnist, and reviewer, "known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada . more…

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