Analysis of Winter
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast
Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day's journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
Unearthly white.
Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle, and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
Floats the white moon.
| Scheme | AABXB CCDXD EEFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1011 0111 011101 01011101 0111 011 1101 111101 11011101 0101 1101 0111 01101001 10111101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 373 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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