Analysis of Spring-ripple of green along the way
Christopher John Brennan 1870 (Haymarket, New South Wales) – 1932 (Lewisham, New South Wales)
Spring-ripple of green along the way,
keen plash of aery waves that play,
and in my heart
thy dreamy smart, O distant day!
Oh whisper hidden in the spring
of days when soul and song took wing
beneath her eyes,
twin smiling skies bent listening.
Oh cruel spell the season weaves!
heart-piercing smell of smoky eves,
all, all is old!
ironic gold that but deceives!
Strange spring, wilt only make me mourn?
Ah, for thy grace is overworn!
we are the ghost
of spring-tides lost and singing morn!
| Scheme | AABACCDCEEFDGGHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110101 1111111 0011 11011101 11010001 11110111 0101 11011100 11010101 11011101 1111 0101111 11110111 111111 1101 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 498 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 384 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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