Analysis of A Spring Sonnet
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Last night beneath the mockery of the moon
I heard the sudden startled whisperings
Of wakened birds settling their restless wings;
The North-east brought his word of gladness, "Soon!"
And all the night with wonder was a-swoon.
A soul had breathed into long-dreaming things;
Some unseen hand hovered above the strings:
Some cosmic chord had set the earth in tune.
And when I rose I saw the Bay arrayed
In her grey robe against the coming heat.
A pulse awoke within the stirring street--
The wattle-gold upon the pavements thrown,
And through the quiet of the colonnade
The smoky perfume of boronia blown.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010100101 11010101 1111001101 011111111 0101110101 0111011101 1011100101 1101110101 0111110101 0011010101 0101010101 0101010101 010101001 01001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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