Analysis of Winter-Time
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,
A frosty, fiery sleepy-head;
Blinks but an hour or two; and then,
A blood-red orange, sets again.
Before the stars have left the skies,
At morning in the dark I rise;
And shivering in my nakedness,
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
Close by the jolly fire I sit
To warm my frozen bones a bit;
Or with a reindeer-sled, explore
The colder countries round the door.
When to go out, my nurse doth wrap
Me in my comforter and cap;
The cold wind burns my face, and blows
Its frosty pepper up my nose.
Black are my steps on silver sod;
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad;
And tree and house, and hill and lake,
Are frosted like a wedding cake.
Scheme | AABB CCCX DDEE FFGG XXHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 010100101 111101101 01110101 01011101 11000111 0100011 10110101 110101011 11110101 1101101 01010101 11111111 10110001 01111101 11010111 11111101 11110101 01010101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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