Analysis of April Song
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
Willow, in your April gown
Delicate and gleaming,
Do you mind in years gone by
All my dreaming?
Spring was like a call to me
That I could not answer,
I was chained to loneliness,
I, the dancer.
Willow, twinkling in the sun,
Still your leaves and hear me,
I can answer spring at last,
Love is near me!
Scheme | XAXA BCXC XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101101 100010 1110111 1110 1110111 111110 1111100 1010 1100001 111011 1110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 303 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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