Analysis of Burning Leaves, November
Christopher Morley 1890 (Haverford) – 1957
THESE are the folios of April,
All the library of spring,
Missals gilt and rubricated
With the frost's illumining.
Ruthless, we destroy these treasures,
Set the torch with hand profane-
Gone, like Alexandrian vellums,
Like the books of burnt Louvain!
Yet these classics are immortal:
O collectors, have no fear,
For the publisher will issue
New editions every year.
| Scheme | ABXB CDCD AEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101110 101011 1101 1011 10101110 1011101 1111 101111 11101010 1010111 10100110 10101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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