Analysis of The Hemlock Tree. (From The German)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
O Hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
Green not alone in summer time,
But in the winter's frost and rime!
O hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!
To love me in prosperity,
And leave me in adversity!
O maiden fair! O maiden fair! how faithless is thy bosom!
The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example!
So long as summer laughs she sings,
But in the autumn spreads her wings!
The nightingale, the nightingale, thou tak'st for thine example!
The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirroro f thy falsehood!
It flows so long as falls the rain,
In drought its springs soon dry again.
The meadow brook, the meadow brook, is mirror of thy falsehood!
| Scheme | AbbA CddC EffE gxxg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1111111101110 11010101 10010101 1111111101110 11011101111110 11100100 01100100 11011101111110 0100010011111010 11110111 10010101 0100010011111010 01101111111 11111101 01111101 011011110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 762 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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