Analysis of At Miami
Helen Leah Reed 1864 (Saint John, ) – 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts,)
Here, where the proud hibiscus blooms in flame,
Where swaying palms nod lightly to the sea,
Where each azalea towers - a stately tree -
And orange blossoms charm, today I came
Upon a little flower unknown to fame,
Half hid in the scant sward, white as this shell
From yonder beach, and I can hardly tell
What drew me to it, murmuring its name.
"Bred in cool meadows, vagrant from the North,
Fair Dewberry, what art thou doing here?
Or chance, or purpose started thee to roam?
And yet whatever power sent thee forth,
Still it is thine to call the sudden tear,
To stir the trembling heart with thoughts of home."
Scheme | ABBAACCA DXEDXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 1101110101 11010100101 0101010111 01010100111 1100111111 1101011101 1111110011 101110101 110111101 1111010111 011010111 1111110101 11010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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