Analysis of In Memoriam
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Looking some papers over,
Dusty and dim and old,
I found some words that thrilled me
With their ring of genuine gold-
Words that were better than rubies,
And they stirred me even to tears,
For the hand that wrote them has rested
Under the sod for years.
O name to be spoken softly!
O sainted Thurlow Brown!
The world lost one of its heroes
When he dropped the cross for the crown.
And the cause he loved and fought for
Lost more than my tongue can tell
For he left no soul behind him
That could do the work so well.
When I think of his mighty labors,
My own seem weak and vain,
And I know that his place in the vineyard
Can never be filled again.
But the burning words that he uttered,
Or that dropped like coals from his pen,
Shall live for ever and ever
In the hearts and minds of men.
O God! if spirits do ever
Come down from heaven on high,
Let the spirit of this great hero
Sometimes be hovering nigh;
And give him the power to guide us
In all that we do or say
For the cause he loved and fought for.
Oh! grant it, Lord, I pray.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 100101 1111111 11111001 11010110 01111011 101111110 100111 11111010 110101 01111110 11101101 00111011 1111111 11111011 1110111 111111010 111101 0111110010 1101101 101011110 11111111 11110010 0010111 11110110 1111011 101011110 0111001 011010111 0111111 10111011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,010 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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