Analysis of Recherche de Temps Perdu



I remember when the cool summer wind
froze lilacs blooming in a vase of crisp
country apples napping in the swirl of
summer grass. It was a cold winter when
my little brother and I played
in the snow that fell from heaven
like blankets of angels; tickling our tongue
as we ran laughing in the wind down the
the evening dusk as the sounds of dinner bells rang through the town.
Today, as leaves play against my window, I
am reminded of cold winter evenings when
smoke fell from chimneys and children
laughing played against the Light.
...when I was a young girl and the world
swirled around me in a torrent of protest
I played among the amber trees...
the night air fell silent
and the sky grew generous with stars.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJDFKLMNOP
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101101 111000111 1010100011 1011101101 11010011 00111110 1101101101 1111000110 010110111011101 01111011101 10101110101 11110010 1010101 111011001 1011001011 11010101 011110 001110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 697
Words 133
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 569
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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