Analysis of A Golden Day
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
The subtle beauty of this day
Hangs o'er me like a fairy spell,
And care and grief have flown away,
And every breeze sings, "all is well."
I ask, "Holds earth or sin, or woe?"
My heart replies, "I do not know."
Nay! all we know, or feel, my heart,
Today is joy undimmed, complete;
In tears or pain we have no part;
The act of breathing is so sweet,
We care no higher joy to name.
What reck we now of wealth or fame?
The past--what matters it to me?
The pain it gave has passed away.
The future--that I cannot see!
I care for nothing save today--
This is a respite from all care,
And trouble flies--I know not where.
Go on, oh noisy, restless life!
Pass by, oh, feet that seek for heights!
I have no part in aught of strife;
I do not want your vain delights.
The day wraps round me like a spell
And every breeze sings, "All is well."
Scheme | abaBcc dedeff gagahh ijijbB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 110110101 01011101 010011111 11111111 11011111 11111111 0111101 01111111 01110111 11110111 11111111 01110111 01111101 01011101 11110101 11010111 01011111 11110101 11111111 11110111 11111101 01111101 010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 837 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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