Analysis of Our Little House

Thomas Walsh 1875 (Brooklyn, New York) – 1928 (Brooklyn, New York)



Our little house upon the hill
In winter time is strangely still;
The roof tree, bare of leaves, stands high,
A candelabrum for the sky,
And down below the lamplights glow,
And ours makes answer o'er the snow.

Our little house upon the hill
In summer time strange voices fill;
With ceaseless rustle of the leaves,
And birds that twitter in the eaves,
And all the vines entangled so
The village lights no longer show.

Our little house upon the hill
Is just the house of Jack and Jill,
And whether showing or unseen,
Hid behind its leafy screen;
There's a star that points it out
When the lamp lights are in doubt.


Scheme Aabbcc Aaddcc Aaeeff
Poetic Form
Metre 101010101 01011101 01111111 01101 0101011 0101101001 101010101 01011101 11010101 01110001 01010101 01011101 101010101 11011101 01010101 1011101 1011111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 620
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Walsh

Thomas Walsh was a poet, literary critic, translator, and scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature. more…

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