Analysis of A December Day
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Blue, blue is the sea to-day,
Warmly the light
Sleeps on St. Andrews Bay --
Blue, fringed with white.
That's no December sky!
Surely 'tis June
Holds now her state on high,
Queen of the noon.
Only the tree-tops bare
Crowning the hill,
Clear-cut in perfect air,
Warn us that still
Winter, the aged chief,
Mighty in power,
Exiles the tender leaf,
Exiles the flower.
Is there a heart to-day,
A heart that grieves
For flowers that fade away,
For fallen leaves?
Oh, not in leaves or flowers
Endures the charm
That clothes those naked towers
With love-light warm.
O dear St. Andrews Bay,
Winter or Spring
Gives not nor takes away
Memories that cling
All round thy girdling reefs,
That walk thy shore,
Memories of joys and griefs
Ours evermore.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH AIAI JXJX AKAK XLIL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 1110111 1001 11111 1111 110101 1011 110111 1101 100111 1001 110011 1111 10011 10010 10101 1010 110111 0111 1101101 1101 1101110 0101 1111010 1111 11111 1011 111101 10011 11111 1111 1001101 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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