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 |
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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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