Analysis of In France
Barry Cornwall 1787 (Leeds, Yorkshire) – 1874 (London)
The poplars in the fields of France
Are golden ladies come to dance;
But yet to see them there is none
But I and the September sun.
The girl who in their shadow sits
Can only see the sock she knits;
Her dog is watching all the day
That not a cow shall go astray.
The leisurely contented cows
Can only see the earth they browse;
Their piebald bodies through the grass
With busy, munching noses pass.
Alone the sun and I behold
Processions crowned with shining gold --
The poplars in the fields of France,
Like glorious ladies come to dance.
| Scheme | Aabb ccdd eeff ggAa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0100111 11010111 11111111 11000101 0110111 11010111 01110101 11011101 01000101 11010111 1110101 11010101 01010101 01011101 0100111 110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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