Analysis of Putting In The Seed
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
You come to fetch me from my work to-night
When supper's on the table, and we'll see
If I can leave off burying the white
Soft petals fallen from the apple tree
(Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite,
Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea);
And go along with you ere you lose sight
Of what you came for and become like me,
Slave to a Springtime passion for the earth.
How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed
On through the watching for that early birth
When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed,
The sturdy seedling with arched body comes
Shouldering its way and shedding the earth crumbs.
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Metre | 1111111111 111010011 1111110001 1101010101 1101111101 1011110101 0101111111 1111100111 110110101 1111010001 1101011101 11101111 0101011101 10011010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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