Analysis of Autumn Song
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
Now's the time when children's noses
All become as red as roses
And the colour of their faces
Makes me think of orchard places
Where the juicy apples grow,
And tomatoes in a row.
And to-day the hardened sinner
Never could be late for dinner,
But will jump up to the table
Just as soon as he is able,
Ask for three times hot roast mutton--
Oh! the shocking little glutton.
Come then, find your ball and racket,
Pop into your winter jacket,
With the lovely bear-skin lining.
While the sun is brightly shining,
Let us run and play together
And just love the autumn weather.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF XXGGDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 10111110 0011110 11111010 1010101 0010001 01101010 10111110 11111010 11111110 11111110 1010101 11111010 10111010 10101110 10111010 11101010 01101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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