Analysis of Soft, Low and Sweet



Soft, low and sweet, the blackbird wakes the day,
And clearer pipes, as rosier grows the gray
   Of the wide sky, far, far into whose deep
   The rath lark soars, and scatters down the steep
His runnel song, that skyey roundelay.

Earth with a sigh awakes; and tremors play,
   Coy in her leafy trees, and falt'ring creep
Across the daisy lawn and whisper, "Well-a-day,"
   Soft, low and sweet.

From violet-banks the scent-clouds float away
   And spread around their fragrance, as of sleep:
   From ev'ry mossy nook the blossoms peep;
From ev'ry blossom comes one little ray
That makes the world-wealth one with Spring, alway
   Soft, low and sweet.


Scheme aabbx abaC abbaxC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101010101 01011100101 1011110111 011101101 111111 110110101 100101011 010101010101 1101 11001011101 0101110111 11110101 111011101 110111111 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 657
Words 111
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Johannes Carl Andersen

Johannes Carl Andersen was a New Zealander clerk, poet, ethnologist, librarian, editor and historian . more…

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