Analysis of October
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Across the land a faint blue veil of mist
Seems hung; the woods wear yet arrayment sober
Till frost shall make them flame; silent and whist
The drooping cherry orchards of October
Like mournful pennons hang their shrivelling leaves
Russet and orange: all things now decay;
Long since ye garnered in your autumn sheaves,
And sad the robins pipe at set of day.
Now do ye dream of Spring when greening shaws
Confer with the shrewd breezes, and of slopes
Flower-kirtled, and of April, virgin guest;
Days that ye love, despite their windy flaws,
Since they are woven with all joys and hopes
Whereof ye nevermore shall be possessed.
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Metre | 0101011111 110111110 1111111001 01010101010 11011111 1001011101 1111001101 0101011111 1111111101 0110110011 1010110101 1111011101 1111011101 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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