Analysis of Tapestry Trees
I am the Roof-tree and the Keel;
I bridge the seas for woe and weal.
High o’er the lordly oak I stand,
And drive him on from land to land.
I heft my brother’s iron bane;
I shaft the spear, and build the wain.
Dark down the windy dale I grow,
The father of the fateful Bow.
The war-shaft and the milking-bowl
I make, and keep the hay-wain whole.
The King I bless; the lamps I trim;
In my warm wave do fishes swim.
I bowed my head to Adam’s will;
The cups of toiling men I fill.
I draw the blood from out the earth;
I store the sun for winter mirth.
Amidst the greenness of my night,
My odorous lamps hang round and bright.
I who am little among trees
In honey-making mate the bees.
Love’s lack hath dyed my berries red:
For Love’s attire my leaves are shed.
High o’er the mead-flowers’ hidden feet
I bear aloft my burden sweet.
Look on my leafy boughs, the Crown
Of living song and dead renown!
Scheme | AA BB CC XX DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11011001 11011101 1101111 01111111 11110101 11010101 11010111 01010101 01100101 11010111 01110111 01111101 11111101 01110111 11011101 11011101 01010111 110011101 11110011 01010101 11111101 110101111 110110101 11011101 11110101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 987 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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