Analysis of A Thought For Spring.

Charles Sangster 1822 (Kingston) – 1893



I am happier for the Spring;
For my heart is like a bird
That has many songs to sing,
But whose voice is never heard
Till the happy year is caroling
To the daisies on the sward.

I'd be happier for the Spring,
Though my heart had grown so old
Like a crone 'twould sit and sing
Its shrill runes of wintry cold;
For I'd know the year was caroling
To the daisies on the wold.


Scheme ABABAX ACACAC
Poetic Form
Metre 11100101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1010111 1010101 11100101 1111111 1011101 1111101 1110111 1010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 363
Words 77
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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