Analysis of A Hamadryad Dies. Sonnet



Low mourned the Oread round the Arcadian hills;
The Naiad murmured and the Dryad moaned;
The meadow-maiden left her daffodils
To join the Hamadryades who groaned
Over a sister newly fallen dead.
That Life might perish out of Arcady
From immemorial times was never said;
Yet here one lay dead by her dead oak-tree.
"Who made our Hamadryad cold and mute?"
The others cried in sorrow and in wonder.
"I," answered Death, close by in ashen suit;
"Yet fear not me for this, nor start asunder;
Arcadian life shall keep its ancient zest
Though I be here. My name? - is it not Rest?"


Scheme ABABCBCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101001 01100011 01101010 110111 1001010101 11110111 1010011101 1111110111 11101101 01010100010 1101110101 11111111010 1001111101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 561
Words 107
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 447
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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