Analysis of A Fine Day
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
After all the rain, the sun
Shines on hill and grassy mead;
Fly into the garden, child,
You are very glad indeed.
For the days have been so dull,
Oh, so special dark and drear,
That you told me, "Mr. Sun
Has forgotten we live here."
Dew upon the lily lawn,
Dew upon the garden beds;
Daintly from all the leaves
Pop the little primrose heads.
And the violets in the copse
With their parasols of green
Take a little peek at you;
They're the bluest you have seen.
On the lilac tree a bird
Singing first a little not,
Then a burst of happy song
Bubbles in his lifted throat.
O the sun, the comfy sun!
This the song that you must sing,
"Thank you for the birds, the flowers,
Thank you, sun, for everything."
Scheme | ABXB XCAC XDXD DEXE XXXX AFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1010101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1011111 1110101 1111101 1010111 1010101 1010101 11101 101011 00100001 11111 1010111 1010111 101101 1010101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1011111 11101010 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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