Analysis of Baby's Age
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
She came with April blooms and showers;
We count her little life by flowers.
As buds the rose upon her cheek,
We choose a flower for every week.
A week of hyacinths, we say,
And one of heart's-ease, ushered May;
And then because two wishes met
Upon the rose and violet --
I liked the Beauty, Kate, the Nun --
The violet and the rose count one.
A week the apple marked with white;
A week the lily scored in light;
Red poppies closed May's happy moon,
And tulips this blue week in June.
Here end as yet the flowery links;
To-day begins the week of pinks;
But soon -- so grave, and deep, and wise
The meaning grows in Baby's eyes,
So VERY deep for Baby's age --
We think to date a week with sage!
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGHHIIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111101010 110101110 11010101 1101011001 01110011 01111101 01011101 01010100 11010101 010000111 01010111 01010101 11011101 01011101 111101001 11010111 11110101 01010101 11011101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 522 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 137 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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