Analysis of My November Guest

Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)



My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.

Her pleasure will not let me stay.
She talks and I am fain to list:
She's glad the birds are gone away,
She's glad her simple worsted grey
Is silver now with clinging mist.

The desolate, deserted trees,
The faded earth, the heavy sky,
The beauties she so truly sees,
She thinks I have no eye for these,
And vexes me for reason why.

Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow,
But it were vain to tell her so,
And they are better for her praise


Scheme ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHGGH
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11011111 11111101 11001111 11010101 11010101 01011111 11011111 11011101 11010101 11011101 01000101 01010101 01011101 11111111 0111101 1101111 01110101 01010101 11011101 01110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 660
Words 132
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. more…

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