Analysis of April

Virna Sheard 1862 (Cobourg) – 1943 ( Toronto)



April! April! April!
With a mist of green on the trees -
And a scent of the warm brown broken earth
On every wandering breeze;
What, though thou be changeful,
Though thy gold turns to grey again,
There's a robin out yonder singing,
Singing in the rain.

April! April! April!
'Tis the Northland hath longed for thee,
She hath gazed toward the South with aching eyes
Full long and patiently.
Come now - tell us, sweeting,
Thou laggard so lovely and late,
Dost know there's no joy like the joy that comes
When hearts have learned to wait?


Scheme Abxbaxcx Adxdcexe
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 10111101 0011011101 11001001 11111 11111101 101011010 10001 101010 1011111 11101011101 110100 111110 11011001 1111110111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 522
Words 99
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 207
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Virna Sheard

Virginia Sheard (April 24, 1862 – February 22, 1943) was a Canadian poet and novelist. She also wrote under the name Stanton Sheard. more…

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