Analysis of O you, dear trees, you have learned so much of beauty
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
O you, dear trees, you have learned so much of beauty,
You must have studied this only the ages long!
Men have thought of God and laughter and duty.
And of love. And of song.
But you, dear trees, from your birth to your hour of dying,
Have cared for this one way only of being wise.
Lovely, lovely, lovely, the sapling sighing.
Lovely the dead tree lies.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 111111111110 111101100101 11111010010 011011 11111111110110 111111101101 10101001010 100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 362 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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