Analysis of Apple-Blossoms.
Horatio Alger Jr 1832 ( Chelsea, Massachusetts)
I sit in the shadow of apple-boughs,
In the fragrant orchard close,
And around me floats the scented air,
With its wave-like tidal flows.
I close my eyes in a dreamy bliss,
And call no king my peer;
For is not this the rare, sweet time,
The blossoming time of the year?
I lie on a couch of downy grass,
With delicate blossoms strewn,
And I feel the throb of Nature's heart
Responsive to my own.
Oh, the world is fair, and God is good,
That maketh life so dear;
For is not this the rare, sweet time,
The blossoming time of the year?
I can see, through the rifts of the apple-boughs,
The delicate blue of the sky,
And the changing clouds with their marvellous tints
That drift so lazily by.
And strange, sweet thoughts sing through my brain,
And Heaven, it seemeth near;
Oh, is it not a rare, sweet time,
The blossoming time of the year?
Scheme | axxxxbCB xxxxxbCB adxdxbcB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011101 0010101 001110101 1111101 111100101 011111 11110111 01001101 111011101 1100101 011011101 010111 101110111 11111 11110111 01001101 11110110101 01001101 001011111 1111001 01111111 010111 11110111 01001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 09, 2023
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