Analysis of April's Charms
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
When April scatters charms of primrose gold
Among the copper leaves in thickets old,
And singing skylarks from the meadows rise,
To twinkle like black stars in sunny skies;
When I can hear the small woodpecker ring
Time on a tree for all the birds that sing;
And hear the pleasant cuckoo, loud and long --
The simple bird that thinks two notes a song;
When I can hear the woodland brook, that could
Not drown a babe, with all his threatening mood;
Upon these banks the violets make their home,
And let a few small strawberry vlossoms come:
When I go forth on such a pleasant day,
One breath outdoors takes all my cares away;
It goes like heavy smoke, when flames take hold
Of wood that's green and fill a grate with gold.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXXX EEAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011111 0101010101 01011011 1101110101 111101101 1101110111 010101101 0101111101 111101111 11011111001 01110100111 010111011 1111110101 1111111101 1111011111 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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