Analysis of Winter Violets
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Here are sad flowers, with wintry weeping wet,
Dews of the dark that drench the violet.
Thus over Her, whom death yet more endears,
Nature and Man together blend their tears.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110110101 1101110100 110011111 1001010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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