Analysis of Picture-Books in Winter
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
Water now is turned to stone
Nurse and I can walk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks
In the picture story-books.
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.
We may see how all things are
Seas and cities, near and far,
And the flying fairies' looks,
In the picture story-books.
How am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days,
Sitting safe in nursery nooks,
Reading picture story-books?
| Scheme | aabb xxbB ccbB ddbB eebb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1010101 10101001 1010101 0010101 1011111 1011101 1110101 0010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 0010101 1111111 1010101 0010101 0010101 1111111 1010101 10101001 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 610 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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