Analysis of Verses II
Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) – 1806 (Tilford, Surrey)
Supposed to have been written in the New Forest,
in early Spring.
AS in the woods, where leathery Lichen weaves
Its wint'ry web among the sallow leaves,
Which (through cold months in whirling eddies blown)
Decay beneath the branches once their own,
From the brown shelter of their foliage sear,
Spring the young blooms that lead the floral year:
When, waked by vernal suns, the Pilewort dares
Expand her spotted leaves, and shining stars
And (veins empurpling all her tassels pale)
Bends the soft Wind-flower in the tepid gale;
Uncultured bells of azure Jacynth's blow,
And the breeze-scenting Violet lurks below:
So views the wanderer, with delighted eyes,
Reviving hopes from black despondence rise,
When, blighted by adversity's chill breath,
Those hopes had felt a temporary death;
Then with gay heart he looks to future hours,
When love shall dress for him the summer bowers.
And, as delicious dreams enchant his mind,
Forgets his sorrows past, or gives them to the wind.
Scheme | XXAABBCCXXDDEEFFGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111000110 0101 10011100101 11101011 1111010101 0101010111 1011011101 1011110101 111101011 0101010101 0111011 10111000101 1111011 0011100101 11010010101 01011111 1101111 111101001 11111111010 11111101010 0101010111 011101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 964 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 391 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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