Analysis of Autumn III

Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)



The Autumn is old,
The sere leaves are flying;—
He hath gather'd up gold,
And now he is dying;—
Old Age, begin sighing!
The vintage is ripe,
The harvest is heaping;—
But some that have sow'd
Have no riches for reaping;—
Poor wretch, fall a-weeping!
The year's in the wane,
There is nothing adorning,
The night has no eve,
And the day has no morning;—
Cold winter gives warning.
The rivers run chill,
The red sun is sinking,
And I am grown old,
And life is fast shrinking;
Here's enow for sad thinking!


Scheme ABABBCBDBBEBFBBGBABB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 01011 011110 111011 011110 110110 01011 010110 11111 1110110 111010 01001 1110010 01111 0011110 110110 01011 011110 01111 011110 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 519
Words 100
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 378
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. more…

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