Analysis of Song--Autumn
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
When nuts behind the hazel-leaf
Are brown as the squirrel that hunts them free,
And the fields are rich with the sun-burnt sheaf,
'Mid the blue cornflower and the yellowing tree;
And the farmer glows and beams in his glee;
O then is the season to wed thee a bride!
Ere the garners are filled and the ale-cups foam;
For a smiling hostess is the pride
And flower of every Harvest Home.
| Scheme | ABABB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 1110101111 0011110111 10110001001 0010101011 11101011101 10101100111 101010101 0101100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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