Analysis of My Orcha'd in Linden Lea

William Barnes 1801 (Bagber) – 1886



'Ithin the woodlands, flow'ry gleaded,
By the woak tree's mossy moot,
The sheenen grass bleades, timber-sheaded,
Now do quiver under voot;
An' birds do whissle auver head,
An' water's bubblen in its bed,
An' ther vor me the apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.

When leaves that leately wer a-springen
Now do feade 'ithin the copse,
An' painted birds do hush ther zingen
Up upon the timber's tops;
An' brown-leav'd fruit's a-turnen red,
In cloudless zunsheen, auver head,
Wi' fruit vor me the apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.

Let other vo'k meake money vaster
In the air o' dark-room'd towns,
I don't dread a peevish measter;
Though noo man do heed my frowns,
I be free to goo abrode,
Or teake agean my hwomeward road
To where vor me the apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111 101111 0111101 1110101 111111 1101011 11110101 11110101 1111101 111101 11011111 101011 1111011 010111 11110101 11110101 110111101 0011111 1110101 1111111 111111 111111 11110101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 794
Words 148
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 202
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Barnes

William Barnes, Barne, Barneis or Berners, of Thoby, Essex, was an English politician. more…

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