Analysis of Memories
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
The burnished glow of the old-gold moon
Shines brightly over me.
A thousand stars, like a thousand isles
In a dark and placid sea,
Bring memories of a golden night,
Bedecked in Autumn's hue
And fragrant with the lilac's bloom,
That brought me joy--and you.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110111 110101 010110101 0010101 110010101 010101 0101011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 264 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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