Analysis of To Autumn

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
`The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve,
Till clust'ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather'd clouds strew flowers round her head.

`The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and Joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.'
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.


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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 815
Words 154
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 321
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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William Blake

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