Analysis of Autumn

Alexander Posey 1873 (Eufaula, Creek Nation, Indian Territory) – 1908 (Oklahoma)



In the dreamy silence
Of the afternoon, a
Cloth of gold is woven
Over wood and prairie;
And the jaybird, newly
Fallen from the heaven,
Scatters cordial greetings,
And the air is filled with
Scarlet leaves, that, dropping,
Rise again, as ever,
With a useless sigh for
Rest—and it is Autumn.


Scheme ABCDDCEFGHIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 001010 10010 111110 101010 00110 101010 11010 001111 101110 101110 101011 101110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 280
Words 51
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 227
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Alexander Posey

Alexander Lawrence Posey was an American poet, humorist, journalist, and politician in the Creek Nation. He founded the Eufaula Indian Journal in 1901, the first Native American daily newspaper. more…

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