Analysis of Now Close The Windows

Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)



Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.

It will be long ere the marshes resume,
I will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all wind-stirred.


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101001101 1011111001 1111010111 1111 1111101001 1111101001 1101001101 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 294
Words 61
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. more…

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