Analysis of The Golden Land

Francis Turner Palgrave 1824 (Great Yarmouth) – 1897



O SWEET September in the valley
Carved through the green hills, sheer and straight,
Where the tall trees crowd round and sally
Down the slope sides, with stately gait
And sylvan dance: and in the hollow
Silver voices ripple and cry
Follow, O follow!

Follow, O follow!-and we follow
Where the white cottages star the slope,
And the white smoke winds o'er the hollow,
And the blythe air is quick with hope;
Till the Sun whispers, O remember!
You have but thirty days to run,
O sweet September!

-O sweet September, where the valley
Leans out wider and sunny and full,
And the red cliffs dip their feet and dally
With the green billows, green and cool;
And the green billows archly smiling,
Kiss and cling to them, kiss and leave them,
Bright and beguiling:-

Bright and beguiling, as She who glances
Along the shore and the meadows along,
And sings for heart's delight, and dances
Crowned with apples, and ruddy, and strong:-
Can we see thee, and not remember
Thy sun-brown cheek and hair sun-golden,
O sweet September?


Scheme ababcxc cdcdefE axaxgxg xhxhefE
Poetic Form
Metre 110100010 11011101 101111010 10111101 010100010 10101001 10110 101100110 101100101 0011110010 00111111 101101010 11110111 11010 110101010 111001001 0011111010 10110101 001101010 101111011 10010 1001011110 010100101 011101010 111001001 111101010 111101110 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,023
Words 184
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Francis Turner Palgrave

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