Analysis of A Chant
J. C. Squire 1884 (Plymouth) – 1958
Gently the petals fall as the tree gently sways
That has known many springs and many petals fall
Year after year to strew the green deserted ways
And the statue and the pond and the low, broken wall.
Faded is the memory of old things done,
Peace floats on the ruins of ancient festival;
They lie and forget in the warmth of the sun,
And a sky silver-blue arches over all.
O softly, O tenderly, the heart now stirs
With desires faint and formless; and, seeking not, I find
Quiet thoughts that flash like azure kingfishers
Across the luminous, tranquil mirror of the mind.
Scheme | ABAB CXCB DEDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 100101101101 111101010101 110111010101 001001001101 10101001111 111010110100 11001001101 00110110101 11011000111 1010101010111 1011111010 0101001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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