Analysis of Dreams of Autumn
Paul Bewsher 1894 – 1966
When through the heat of some long afternoon
In blazing August, on the grass I lie,
And watch the white clouds move across the sky,
On whose azure is faintly etched the moon,
That, when the evening deepens, will be soon
The brightest figure of those hosts on high,
My heart is discontented, and I sigh,
For Autumn and its vapours; till I swoon
Upon the vision of October days
In dreaming London, when each mighty tree
Sheds daily more brown showers through the haze,
Which lends each street Romance and Mystery -
When pallid silver Sunshine only gleams
On that grey Lovers' City of Sweet Dreams.
Isle of Grain, 1916.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDCDEE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 0101010111 0101110101 1110110101 1101010111 0101011111 111010011 110011111 0101010101 0101011101 1101110101 1111010100 110101101 1111010111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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