Analysis of The Wood Road
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
If I were to walk this way
Hand in hand with Grief,
I should mark that maple-spray
Coming into leaf.
I should note how the old burrs
Rot upon the ground.
Yes, though Grief should know me hers
While the world goes round,
It could not if truth be said
This was lost on me:
A rock-maple showing red,
Burrs beneath a tree.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101111 10111 1111101 10011 1111011 10101 1111110 10111 1111111 11111 0110101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 315 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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