Analysis of Autumnal
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
THE Autumn leaves are dying quietly,
Scarlet and orange, underfoot they lie;
They had their youth and prime
And now's the dying time;
Alas, alas, the young, the beloved, must die!
They are dying like the leaves of Autumn fast,
Scattered and broken, blown on every blast:
The darling young, the brave,
Love had no power to save.
Poor Love-lies-bleeding, Love's in ruins, downcast.
Alas, alas, the Autumn leaves are flying!
They had their Summer and 'tis time for dying.
But these had barely Spring.
Love trails a broken wing,
Walks through deserted woods, moaning and sighing.
Scheme | XABBA CCDDC EEEEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
Metre | 0101110100 100100111 111101 010101 01010100111 11101011101 10010111001 010101 1111011 1111010101 01010101110 11110011110 111101 110101 11010110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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