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?
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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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