Analysis of A Play Festival In Ogden Park

Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)



Oh gay and shining June time!
Oh meadow brave and bright,
Abloom with little children,
All tossing in the light!
They dance and circle singing—
Oh, what a joy to see!
They twinkle in the sunshine,
They shout in company.

Beyond are pointed houses
Patterned against the blue,
With bushes flower-embroidered,
And trees all trim and true.
Around are rows of people
Watching the dainty show,
Guarding the fairy kingdom
Where blossom babies blow.

Their merry little footsteps
Race with the tricksy air,
That puffs their filmy dresses
And frees their shining hair.
All pink and white and golden
Under the round gold sun,
Winging the wind with laughter,
They ring and wreathe and run.

Oh, sweet and soft the world is,
Ever so glad and gay,
All garlanded with children
Who sing and prank and play !
You posy girls wide-petalled,
And boys all round and red,
Dance in the sun forever
Till time goes off to bed!


Scheme XABAXCXC DEXEXFXF XGDGBBHB DIBIAJHJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 11101 0111010 110001 1101010 110111 110001 110100 0111010 100101 11010010 011101 0111110 100101 1001010 110101 110101 11011 111110 011101 1101010 100111 1001110 110101 1101011 101101 11110 110101 11111 011101 1001010 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 897
Words 160
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 178
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet and patron of the arts. more…

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