Analysis of A Winter Ride
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
Who shall declare the joy of the running!
Who shall tell of the pleasures of flight!
Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather,
Sweeping, wide-winged, through the blue dome of light.
Everything mortal has moments immortal,
Swift and God-gifted, immeasurably bright.
So with the stretch of the white road before me,
Shining snowcrystals rainbowed by the sun,
Fields that are white, stained with long, cool, blue shadows,
Strong with the strength of my horse as we run.
Joy in the touch of the wind and the sunlight!
Joy! With the vigorous earth I am one.
| Scheme | XAXAXA XBXBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011010 111101011 10010011110 1011101111 1010110010 1011001001 11011011011 1011101 1111111111 1101111111 1001101001 1101001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 568 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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