Analysis of The Congregation
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
The ghost of night's long hours depart
In congregation dreary,
And leave my sorrow-trampled heart
Intolerably weary.
But Chirpings bright in dewy woods
Foretell divine tomorrows,
And little birds are very good
To dissipate great sorrows.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011111001 001010 01110101 0100010 1110101 010101 01011101 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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