Analysis of The dreams of Summer.

A J C 1958 (Swansea, MA)



The dreams of summer.

Nature's first green is gold, and her early leaves are a flower to hold. But only for an hour. Then the leaf subsides to leaf, so Eden sinks to grief, so don't go down today; no gold can stay.


Scheme X X
Poetic Form
Metre 01110 10111100101101011110111010101111101111111011111
Characters 215
Words 45
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 81
Words per line (avg) 22
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Written on March 24, 2024

Submitted by alanswansea18 on March 24, 2024

Modified by alanswansea18 on March 24, 2024

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