Analysis of February
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
A few tossed thrushes save
That carolled less than cried
Against the dying rave
And moan that never died,
No bird sang then; no thorn,
No tree was green beside
Them only never shorn -
The few by all the winds
And chill mutations born
Of Winter's many minds
Abused and whipt in vain -
Swarth yew and ivy kinds
And iron breeds germane.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 11111 010101 011101 111111 111101 110101 011101 010101 110101 010101 110101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 341 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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