Analysis of An Autumn Picture

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



Now round red roofs stand russet stacks arow:
Homeward from gleaning in the stubbly wheat,
High overhead the harsh rook saileth slow,
And cupless acorns crackle 'neath your feet.
No breeze, no breath, veereth the oasthouse hoods,
Whence the faint smoke floats fragrantly away;
And, in the distance, the half-hazy woods
Glow with the barren glory of decay.
Vainly the bramble strives to drape the hedge,
Whose leafless gaps show many an empty nest:
The chill pool stagnates round the seeded sedge;
And, as the sunset saddens in the west,
Funereal mist comes creeping down the dale,
And widowed Autumn weeps behind her veil.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111111011 10110011 110101111 011010111 11111011 10111101 0001001101 1101010101 1001011101 11011101101 011110101 010110001 11110101 0101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 617
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 499
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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