Analysis of CXV: Spring
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Now fades the last long streak of snow,
Now burgeons every maze of quick
About the flowering squares, and thick
By ashen roots the violets blow.
Now rings the woodland loud and long,
The distance takes a lovelier hue,
And drowned in yonder living blue
The lark becomes a sightless song.
Now dance the lights on lawn and lea,
The flocks are whiter down the vale,
And milkier every milky sail,
On winding stream or distant sea;
Where now the seamew pipes, or dives
In yonder greening gleam, and fly
The happy birds, that change their sky
To build and brood, that live their lives
From land to land; and in my breast
Spring wakens too: and my regret
Become an April violet,
And buds and blossoms like the rest.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE XGGX HXXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011111 11100111 010100101 110101001 1101101 0101011 01010101 0101011 11011101 01110101 01100101 11011101 1101111 01010101 01011111 11011111 11110011 1110101 01110100 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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