Analysis of Spring Bereaved 2



SWEET Spring, thou turn'st with all thy goodly train,
Thy head with flames, thy mantle bright with flow'rs:
The zephyrs curl the green locks of the plain,
The clouds for joy in pearls weep down their show'rs.
Thou turn'st, sweet youth, but ah! my pleasant hours
And happy days with thee come not again;
The sad memorials only of my pain
Do with thee turn, which turn my sweets in sours.
Thou art the same which still thou wast before,
Delicious, wanton, amiable, fair;
But she, whose breath embalm'd thy wholesome air,
Is gone--nor gold nor gems her can restore.
   Neglected virtue, seasons go and come,
   While thine forgot lie closed in a tomb.


Scheme ABABBCABDEEDFG
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111101 1111110111 0101011101 0111011111 111111111010 0101111101 01010010111 11111111010 1101111101 0101010001 1111011101 1111110101 0101010101 110111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 656
Words 116
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 499
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Henry Drummond

William Henry Drummond April 13 1854 April 6 1907 was an Irish-born Canadian poet He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom in 1898 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1899 more…

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