Analysis of South Wind
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Where have you been, South Wind, this May-day morning,—
With larks aloft, or skimming with the swallow,
Or with blackbirds in a green, sun-glinted thicket?
Oh, I heard you like a tyrant in the valley;
Your ruffian haste shook the young, blossoming orchards;
You clapped rude hands, hallooing round the chimney,
And white your pennons streamed along the river.
You have robbed the bee, South Wind, in your adventure,
Blustering with gentle flowers; but I forgave you
When you stole to me shyly with scent of hawthorn.
Scheme | XXX AXAB BXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111110 11011101010 11100011110 111110100010 11110110010 111111010 0111101010 111011101010 1001101011011 11111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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