Analysis of After
Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856 (Waverly) – 1935
Oh, the littles that remain!
Scent of mint out in the lane;
Flare of window; sound of bees; —
These, but these.
Three times sitting down to bread;
One time climbing up to bed;
Table-setting o’er and o’er;
Drying herbs for winter’s store;
This thing; that thing;—nothing more.
But just now out in the lane,
Oh, the scent of mint was plain!
| Scheme | AABB CCDDD AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 1111001 1110111 111 1110111 1110111 1010101 1011101 1111101 1111001 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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