Analysis of Snow
Eliza Cook 1818 (London Road, Southwark) – 1889 (Wimbledon)
Brave Winter and I shall ever agree,
Though a stern and frowning gaffer is he.
I like to hear him, with hail and rain,
Come tapping against the window pane;
I joy to see him come marching forth
Begirt with the icicle gems of the north;
But I like him best when he comes bedight
In his velvet robes of stainless white.
A cheer for the snow—the drifting snow!
Smoother and purer than beauty’s brow!
The creature of thought scarce likes to tread
On the delicate carpet so richly spread.
With feathery wreaths the forest is bound,
And the hills are with glittering diadems crown’d;
’Tis the fairest scene we can have below.
Sing, welcome, then, to the drifting snow!
The urchins gaze with eloquent eye
To see the flakes go dancing by.
In the thick of the storm how happy are they
To welcome the first deep snowy day;
Shouting and pelting—what bliss to fall
Half-smother’d beneath the well-aim’d ball!
Men of fourscore, did ye ever know
Such sport as ye had in the drifting snow?
I’m true to my theme, for I loved it well.
When the gossiping nurse would sit and tell
The tale of the geese—though hardly believed—
I doubted and question’d the words that deceived.
I rejoice in it still, and love to see
The ermine mantle on tower and tree.
’Tis the fairest scene we can have below.
Hurrah! then, hurrah! for the drifting snow!
Scheme | aabbccdd exddddEe ffxdggee hhddaaEe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111001 101010111 111111101 110010101 111111101 1101001101 111111111 011011101 011010101 10010111 010111111 10100101101 1100101011 0011110011 1010111101 110110101 010111001 11011101 00110111011 110011101 100101111 11010111 11111101 1111100101 1111111111 1010011101 0110111001 1100101101 1010110111 0101011001 1010111101 0110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,313 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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