Analysis of George Edmunds' Song
Charles Dickens 1812 ( Portsmouth) – 1870 (Gads Hill Place)
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around he here;
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!
How like the hopes of childhood's day,
Thick clust'ring on the bough!
How like those hopes in their decay-
How faded are they now!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here;
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!
Wither'd leaves, wither'd leaves, that fly before the gale:
Withered leaves, withered leaves, ye tell a mournful tale,
Of love once true, and friends once kind,
And happy moments fled:
Dispersed by every breath of wind,
Forgotten, changed, or dead!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101110111 101101111111 1101111 11101 11110101 110111 101101110111 101101111111 101101110101 101101110101 11110111 010101 011100111 010111 101101110111 101101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 723 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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