Analysis of To The Cricket
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
Didst thou not tease and fret me to and fro,
Sweet spirit of this summer-circled field,
With that quiet voice of thine that would not yield
Its meaning, though I mused and sought it so?
But now I am content to let it go,
To lie at length and watch the swallows pass,
As blithe and restful as this quiet grass,
Content only to listen and to know
That years shall turn, and summers yet shall shine,
And I shall lie beneath these swaying trees,
Still listening thus; haply at last to seize,
And render in some happier verse divine
That friendly, homely, haunting speech of thine,
That perfect utterance of content and ease.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 1101110101 11101111111 1101110111 1111101111 1111010101 1101011101 1010110011 1111010111 0111011101 1100111111 01001100101 1101010111 10110011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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