Analysis of Reverie: The Orchard on the Slope
Raymond Knister 1899 (Ruscom Station, Ontario) – 1932
1 Thin ridges of land unploughed
2 Along the tree-rows
3 Covered with long cream grasses
4 Wind-torn.
5 Brown sand between them,
6 Blue boughs above.
7 Row and row of waves ever
8 In the breaking;
9 Ever in arching and convulsed
10 Imminence;
11 Roll of muddy sea between;
12 Low clouds down-pressing
13 And pallid and streaming rain.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 01011 1011110 11 11011 1101 1011110 0010 1001001 100 1110101 11110 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 384 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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