Analysis of Indian Summer
William Wilfred Campbell 1860 (Newmarket) – 1918 (Ottawa)
Along the line of smoky hills
The crimson forest stands,
And all the day the blue-jay calls
Throughout the autumn lands.
Now by the brook the maple leans
With all his glory spread,
And all the sumachs on the hills
Have turned their green to red.
Now by great marshes wrapt in mist,
Or past some river's mouth,
Throughout the long, still autumn day
Wild birds are flying south.
Scheme | ABXB XCAC XDXD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011101 010101 01010111 010101 11010101 111101 0101101 111111 11110101 111101 01011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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