Analysis of To The Autumn Wind

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



O envious Autumn wind, to blow
From covert vale and woodland crest
The mellow leaves, just as they glow
Brightest and loveliest;
To strip the maples black and bare,
To rob the beeches' russet gold,
And make what was of late so fair
But rustling drift and dripping mould.

Yet if, as you have done with them,
With me you will but timely do,
I will no more your rage condemn,
But, rather, make my peace with you.
Let me not linger on, to know
The mournfulness of feelings lost,
But waft me, while as yet they glow,
Wise Autumn wind, from winter frost!


Scheme ABABCDCD EFEFAGAG
Poetic Form
Metre 110010111 1101011 01011111 1001 11010101 1101101 01111111 11010101 11111111 11111101 11111101 11011111 11110111 011101 11111111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 541
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 213
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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