Analysis of Birds at Winter Nightfall (Triolet)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Around the house the flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone
From holly and cotoneaster
Around the house. The flakes fly!--faster
Shutting indoors that crumb-outcaster
We used to see upon the lawn
Around the house. The flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone!
| Scheme | ABaaabAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101110 01010111 11001 010101110 101111 11110101 010101110 01010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 291 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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