The Wind

Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)



O, wind! what saw you in the South,
In lilied meadows fair and far?
I saw a lover kiss his lass
New-won beneath the evening star.

O, wind! what saw you in the West
Of passing sweet that wooed your stay?
I saw a mother kneeling by
The cradle where her first-born lay.

O, wind! what saw you in the North
That you shall dream of evermore?
I saw a maiden keeping tryst
Upon a gray and haunted shore.

O, wind! what saw you in the East
That still of ancient dole you croon?
I saw a wan wreck on the waves
And a dead face beneath the moon.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 532
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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