Analysis of Spring Breezes

Christopher John Brennan 1870 (Haymarket, New South Wales) – 1932 (Lewisham, New South Wales)



Spring breezes over the blue,
now lightly frolicking in some tropic bay,
go forth to meet her way,
for here the spell hath won and dream is true.

0 happy wind, thou that in her warm hair
mayst rest and play!
could I but breathe all longing into thee,
so were thy viewless wing
as flame or thought, hastening her shining way.

And now I bid thee bring
tenderly hither over a subject sea
that golden one whose grace hath made me king,
and, soon to glad my gaze at shut of day,
loosen'd in happy air
her charmed hair.


Scheme ABBA CBDEB EDEBCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101001 11010001101 111101 1101110111 101110011 1101 1111110011 10111 11111000101 011111 10010100011 1101111111 0111111111 100101 011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 507
Words 102
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 6
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Christopher John Brennan

Christopher John Brennan was an Australian poet, scholar and literary critic. more…

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