Analysis of November
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Old November, sere and brown,
Clothes the country, haunts the town,
Sheds its cloak of withered leaves,
Brings its sighing, soughing breeze.
Prophet of the dying year,
Builder of its funeral bier,
Bring your message here to men;
Sound it forth that they may ken
What of Life and what of Death
Linger on your frosty breath.
Let men know to you are given
Days of thanks to God in heaven;
Thanks for things which we deem best,
Thanks, O God, for all the rest
That have taught us--(trouble, strife,
Bring thru Death a larger life)--
Death of our base self and fear--
(Even as the dying year,
Though through cold and frost, shall bring
Forth a new and glorious spring)--
Shall shed over us the sway
Of a new and brighter day,
With Hope, Faith and Love alway.
Scheme | AABCDEFFGGHHIIJJDDKKLLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1010101 1111101 111011 1010101 10111001 1110111 1111111 1110111 1011101 11111110 11111010 1111111 1111101 1111101 1110101 11101101 1010101 1110111 10101001 1110101 1010101 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 761 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 581 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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