Analysis of The Cherry Trees
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
The cherry trees bend over and are shedding,
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011100110 1011111111 11010111010 11011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 194 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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