Analysis of After Hearing Robin Hood
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
The songs of Sherwood Forest
Are lilac-sweet and clear;
The virile rhymes of merrier times
Sound fair upon mine ear.
Sweet is their sylvan cadence
And sweet their simple art.
The balladry of the greenwood tree
Stirs memories in my heart.
O braver days and elder
With mickle valor dight,
How ye bring back the time, alack!
When Harry Smith could write!
| Scheme | AXXX XBXB XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 011110 11101 010111001 110111 1111010 011101 011011 1100011 1101010 110101 1111011 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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