Analysis of Snow
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
No breath of wind,
No gleam of sun –
Still the white snow
Whirls softly down
Twig and bough
And blade and thorn
All in an icy
Quiet, forlorn.
Whispering, rustling,
Through the air
On still and stone,
Roof, - everywhere,
It heaps its powdery
Crystal flakes,
Of every tree
A mountain makes;
‘Til pale and faint
At shut of day
Stoops from the West
One wint’ry ray,
And, feathered in fire
Where ghosts the moon,
A robin shrills
His lonely tune.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIJIGKGKLMNMOPGP |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111 1011 1101 101 0101 10110 1001 10010 101 1101 110 111100 101 11001 0101 1101 1111 1101 1101 010010 1101 0101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
- 25 sec read
- 266 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Snow" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/38303/snow>.
Discuss this Walter de la Mare poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In