Analysis of A Masque Of The Seasons
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Scene.--_A kitchen.--Group of Children, popping corn.--The Fairy Queen
of the Seasons discovered in the smoke of the corn-popper.--Waving her
wand, and, with eerie, sharp, imperious ejaculations, addressing the
bespelled auditors, who neither see nor hear her nor suspect her
presence._
Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall,--
Which do you like the best of all?
When I'm dressed warm as warm can be,
And with boots, to go
Through the deepest snow,
Winter-time is the time for me!
Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall,--
Which do you like the best of all?
I like blossoms, and birds that sing;
The grass and the dew,
And the sunshine, too,--
So, best of all I like the Spring.
Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall,--
Which do you like the best of all?
O little friends, I most rejoice
When I hear the drums
As the Circus comes,--
So Summer-time's my special choice.
Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall,--
Which do you like the best of all?
Apples of ruby, and pears of gold,
And grapes of blue
That the bee stings through.--
Fall--it is all that my heart can hold!
Soh! my lovelings and pretty dears,
You've _each_ a favorite, it appears,--
Summer and Winter and Spring and Fall.--
That's the reason I send them _all_!
Scheme | xaxab CC deed CC fggf CC bbbb CC hggh bbcc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011101010101 101001000110110100 101101010010100 110011011101010 1 101101111 11110111 11111111 01111 10101 10110111 101101111 11110111 11100111 01001 0011 11111101 101101111 11110111 11011101 11101 10101 11011101 101101111 11110111 101100111 0111 10111 111111111 1110101 110100101 100100101 10101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,267 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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