Analysis of Burning Leaves in Spring

Christopher Morley 1890 (Haverford) – 1957



WHEN withered leaves are lost in flame
Their eddying gosts, a thin blue haze,
Blow through the thickets whence they came
On amberlucent autumn days.

The cool green woodland heart receives
Their dim, dissolving, phantom breath;
In young hereditaty leaves
They see their happy life-in-death.

My minutes perish as they glow-
Time burns my crazy bonfire through;
But ghosts of blackened hours still blow,
Eternal Beauty, back to you!


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 11011101 1110111 11010111 11101 0111101 11010101 0111 11110101 11010111 11110101 111101011 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 435
Words 71
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley was accepted to UCLA in 1969 with a major in mathematics. more…

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