Analysis of A January Morning
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
The glittering roofs are still with frost; each worn
Black chimney builds into the quiet sky
Its curling pile to crumble silently.
Far out to westward on the edge of morn,
The slender misty city towers up-borne
Glimmer faint rose against the pallid blue;
And yonder on those northern hills, the hue
Of amethyst, hang fleeces dull as horn.
And here behind me come the woodmen's sleighs
With shouts and clamorous squeakings; might and main
Up the steep slope the horses stamp and strain,
Urged on by hoarse-tongued drivers—cheeks ablaze,
Iced beards and frozen eyelids—team by team,
With frost-fringed flanks, and nostrils jetting steam.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001111111 1101010101 1101110100 1111010111 01010101011 1011010101 0101110101 1100110111 010111011 11011101 1011010101 1111110101 110101111 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 513 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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