Analysis of All On An April Morning.
Jean Blewett 1862 (Janet McKishnie Scotia, Kent County, Ontario) – 1934 (Chatham)
The teacher was wise and learned, I wis,
All nonsense she held in scorning,
But you never can tell what the primmest miss
Will do of a bright spring morning.
What this one did was to spread a snare
For feet of a youth unheeding,
As March, with a meek and lamb-like air,
To its very last hour was speeding.
Oh, he was the dullard of his class,
For how can a youth get learning
With his eyes aye fixed on a pretty lass
And his heart aye filled with yearning?
"Who finds 'mong the rushes which fringe a pool,"
She told him, "the first wind blossom,
May wish what he will" - poor April fool,
With but one wish in his bosom.
Her gray eyes danced - on a wild-goose chase
He'd sally forth on the morrow,
And, later, she'd laugh in his sombre face,
And jest at his words of sorrow.
But penitence and a troubled mind
Were fruits of the night's reflection;
After all, he was simple, and strong, and kind -
'Twas wrong to flout his affection.
They met on the hill as she walked to school;
He said, unheeding her blushes,
"Here's the early flower your April fool
Found growing among the rushes.
"Take it or leave it as you will" -
His voice ringing out so clearly
Awoke in her heart a happy thrill -
"You know that I love you dearly."
Day-dreams indulged as she taught the school
Held lovers kneeling and suing;
"Take it or leave it" - her April fool
Was masterful in his wooing.
He gave her the flower - she gave him a kiss -
His suit she had long been scorning;
But you never can tell what the primmest miss
Will do of a bright spring morning.
Scheme | abAB cbcb dbdb efef ghgh ijij ekek lmlm ebeb abAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010110111 1101101 1110111011 11101110 111111101 111011 111010111 1110110110 11101111 11101110 1111110101 01111110 1110101101 11101110 111111101 11110110 011110111 11011010 010110111 01111110 1100101 01101010 10111100101 11111010 1110111111 111010 1010101101 11001010 11111111 11101110 010010101 11111110 110111101 11010010 111110101 11000110 11001011101 1111111 1110111011 11101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,521 |
Words | 310 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 28, 2023
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