Analysis of Soft, Low and Sweet
Johannes Carl Andersen 1873 – 1962
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 |
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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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