Analysis of Twice The Maple Blushes

James Edwin Campbell 1867 (Pomeroy) – 1896



O, twice the maple blushes, blushes rosy, rosy red;
She blushes in the Spring-time,
When aroused from Winter's sleep,
She finds herself all naked
And the gaping world apeep,
O, then the maple blushes, blushes rosy, rosy red.

Once again the maple blushes, blushes rosy, rosy red;
She blushes in the Autumn,
When she lays her robes aside
For the long, long sleep of Winter,
And finds naught 'neath which to hide,
O, then the maple blushes, blushes rosy, rosy red.


Scheme axbxbA axcxcA
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101010101 1100011 1011101 1101110 001011 11010101010101 101010101010101 1100010 1110101 10111110 0111111 11010101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 458
Words 83
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 178
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Edwin Campbell

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