Analysis of In The Garden VII: Early Autumn

Edward Dowden 1843 (Cork) – 1913



IF while I sit flatter'd by this warm sun
Death came to me, and kiss'd my mouth and brow,
And eyelids which the warm light hovers through,
I should not count it strange. Being half won
By hours that with a tender sadness run,
Who would not softly lean to lips which woo
In the Earth's grave speech? Nor could it aught undo
Of Nature's calm observances begun
Still to be here the idle autumn day.
Pale leaves would circle down, and lie unstirr'd
Where'er they fell; the tir'd wind hither call
Her gentle fellows; shining beetles stray
Up their green courts; and only yon shy bird
A little bolder grow ere evenfall.


Scheme ABCAACCADDEDFE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101111 1111011101 011011101 1111111011 11011010101 1111011111 00111111101 1101010001 1111010101 111101011 10110101101 0101010101 1111010111 01010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 621
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 482
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edward Dowden

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