Analysis of Denied

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



The winds came out of the west one day,
 And hurried the clouds before them;
And drove the shadows and mists away,
 And over the mountains bore them.
And I wept, 'Oh, wind, blow into my mind,
 Blow into my soul and heart,
And scatter the clouds that hang lile shrouds,
 And make the shadows depart.'

The rain came out of th eleaden skies
 And beat on the earth's cold bosom.
It said to the sleeping grass, 'Arise, '
 And the young buds sprang in blossom.
And I wept in pain, 'Oh, blessed rain,
 Beat into my heart to-day;
Thaw out the snows that are chilling it so,
 Till it blossoms in hope, I pray.'

The sunshine fell on the bare-armed trees,
 In a wonderful sheen of glory;
And the young leaves rustled and sang to the breeze,
 And whispered a love-fraught story.
And 'Sun, oh, shine on this heart of mine,
 And woo it to life, ' I cried;
But the wind, and sun, and rain, each one
 The coveted boon denied


Scheme ABABXCXC DEDEXAXA FGFGXHXH
Poetic Form
Metre 011110111 01001011 01010101 01001011 0111110111 1011101 010011111 010101 011111111 01101110 111010101 00111010 01101111 1011111 1101111011 11100111 01110111 001001110 0011101101 01001110 011111111 0111111 101010111 0100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 907
Words 177
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 226
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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