Analysis of The Maple Tree
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon 1832 – 1879
Well have Canadians chosen thee
As the emblem of their land,
Thou noble, spreading maple tree,
Lord of the forest grand;
Through all the changes Time has made,
Thy woods so deep and hoar
Have given their homesteads pleasant shade,
And beauty to their shore.
Say, what can match in splendor rare
Thy foliage, brightly green,
Thy leaves that wave in summer’s air,
Glossy as satin sheen,
When Spring returns the first art thou,
On mountain or in vale,
With springing life and budding bough,
To tell the joyous tale.
In Autumn’s hours of cheerless gloom,
How glowing is the dye
Of the crimson robe thou dost assume,
Though it only be to die;
Like the red men who, long years ago,
Reposed beneath thy shade,
And wore a smiling lip and brow
On the pyre their foes had made.
And e’en in Winter fair art thou,
With many a brilliant gem,
That might adorn fair lady’s brow,
Or deck a diadem;
And better than thy beauty rare,
Or shade thou givest free,
The life-stream of thy branches fair
Thou gen’rous, brave old tree!
Warmly we pray no deed of harm
May fright thy peaceful shade,
May’st thou ne’er see in war’s alarm
Contending foes arrayed,
But, smiling down on peasants brave,
On honest tranquil toil,
Thy branches ever brightly wave,
Above a happy soil.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJXCGC GKGKEAEA LCLCMNMN |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 110100101 1010111 11010101 110101 11010111 111101 11011101 010111 11110101 110101 11110101 101101 11010111 110101 11010101 110101 0110111 110101 101011101 1110111 101111101 10111 01010101 10101111 01010111 1100101 1101111 11010 01011101 11111 01111101 11111 10111111 111101 11110101 010101 11011101 110101 11010101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,237 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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