Analysis of The Apple Tree
Secret and wise as nature, like the wind
Melancholy or light-hearted without reason,
And like the waxing or the waning moon
Ever pale and lovely: you are like these
Because you are free and live by your own law;
While I, desiring life and half alive,
Dream, hope, regret and fear and blunder on.
Your beauty is your life and my content,
And I will liken you to an apple-tree,
Mary and Margaret playing under the branches,
And everywhere soft shadows like your eyes,
And scattered blossom like your little smiles.
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Metre | 1001110101 10011100110 0101010101 1010101111 01111011111 11010010101 1101010101 1101110110 01110111101 1001001010010 01011111 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 503 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 406 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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