Analysis of Turn O' The Year
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
This is the time when bit by bit
The days begin to lengthen sweet
And every minute gained is joy -
And love stirs in the heart of a boy.
This is the time the sun, of late
Content to lie abed till eight,
Lifts up betimes his sleepy head -
And love stirs in the heart of a maid.
This is the time we dock the night
Of a whole hour of candlelight;
When song of linnet and thrush is heard -
And love stirs in the heart of a bird.
This is the time when sword-blades green,
With gold and purple damascene,
Pierce the brown crocus-bed a-row -
And love stirs in a heart I know.
Scheme | XXAA BBXX CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11011111 01011101 010010111 011001101 11010111 10110111 1111101 011001101 11011101 10110110 111100111 011001101 11011111 110101 10110101 01100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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