Analysis of The Creed Of The Wood
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
A WHIFF of forest scent,
Balsam and fern,
Won from dreary mood
My heart's return,
From its discontent,
Joy's run-away,
To the sweet, wise wood
And the laughing day.
Simple as dew and gleam
Is the creed of the wood!
The Beautiful gave us life,
And life is good.
Be the world but a dream,
Let the world go shod
With peace, not strife,
For the Dreamer is God.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 1001 11101 1101 11001 1101 10111 00101 101101 101101 0100111 0111 101101 10111 1111 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 341 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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