Analysis of Counting-Out Rhyme
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
Silver bark of beech, and sallow
Bark of yellow birch and yellow
Twig of willow.
Stripe of green in moosewood maple,
Colour seen in leaf of apple,
Bark of popple.
Wood of popple pale as moonbeam,
Wood of oak for yoke and barn-beam,
Wood of hornbeam.
Silver bark of beech, and hollow
Stem of elder, tall and yellow
Twig of willow.
| Scheme | aaA aaa bbb aaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 11101010 111 1110110 1101110 1110 1110111 11111011 111 10111010 11101010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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