Analysis of Salmon Brook
Henry David Thoreau 1817 (Concord) – 1862 (Concord)
SALMON Brook,
Penichook,
Ye sweet waters of my brain,
When shall I look,
Or cast the hook,
In your waves again?
Silver eels,
Wooden creels,
These the baits that still allure,
And dragon-fly
That floated by,
May they still endure?
| Scheme | AAXAAX BBCDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 1 1110111 1111 1101 01101 101 101 1011101 0101 1101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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