Analysis of Woodland Road
When autumn sings' the amber song and swaying aspen dance along,
The world stands firm beneath my feet, for I'm secure that I belong.
Too soon in eventide's retreat, when level-light slips bittersweet,
Beyond the woodlands silhouette, I linger in the falls' replete.
Quiet now when dusk has set, shadowed sycamores rest, and yet, their mottled sides still whisper soft,
How they belong, without regret.
Because the night wind sings' to me, it's forest songs' sweet melody, The woodland road home, I see,
Directs me back to reality.
| Scheme | AA BB XX CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1101010101010101 0111011111011101 1101011101110 01010111000101 101111110110111011101 11010101 0101111111011100011111 0111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 534 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The power of the autumn woods, is one I like to remember.
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Written on March 14, 1944
Submitted by phil0238 on May 10, 2022
Modified on March 08, 2023
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