Analysis of The Faun Sees Snow for the First Time
Richard Aldington 1892 (Portsmouth) – 1962
Zeus,
Brazen-thunder-hurler,
Cloud-whirler, son-of-Kronos,
Send vengeance on these Oreads
Who strew
White frozen flecks of mist and cloud
Over the brown trees and the tufted grass
Of the meadows, where the stream
Runs black through shining banks
Of bluish white.
Zeus,
Are the halls of heaven broken up
That you flake down upon me
Feather-strips of marble?
Dis and Styx!
When I stamp my hoof
The frozen-cloud-specks jam into the cleft
So that I reel upon two slippery points ...
Fool, to stand here cursing
When I might be running!
| Scheme | Abxabxxxxx Axxx xxxx cc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1 10101 111110 110111 11 11011101 1001100101 101101 111101 1101 1 101110101 1111011 101110 101 11111 0101110101 11110111001 111110 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 538 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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