Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 67. When on my bed the moonlight fall
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
When on my bed the moonlight falls,
I know that in thy place of rest
By that broad water of the west,
There comes a glory on the walls:
Thy marble bright in dark appears,
As slowly steals a silver flame
Along the letters of thy name,
And o'er the number of thy years.
The mystic glory swims away;
From off my bed the moonlight dies;
And closing eaves of wearied eyes
I sleep till dusk is dipt in gray:
And then I know the mist is drawn
A lucid veil from coast to coast,
And in the dark church like a ghost
Thy tablet glimmers to the dawn.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFE GHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 11101111 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010111 010010111 01010101 1111011 01011101 11111101 01110111 01011111 00011101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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