Analysis of At The Summit
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Where bold Sierras cut the sky
Mount Whitney, of the high most high,
Halts the pale clouds that wander by.
We crept and climbed with eager feet,
Until the world, fulfilled, complete,
Plunged like despair before his seat.
So high the peak was we had won
Earth's air wore thin, its woof undone,
And blue space darkened round the sun.
Yet, as we trembled there and quailed,
Lo, higher yet an eagle scaled
Smooth steeps of air, and sunward sailed.
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Metre | 11010101 11010111 10111101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11011111 11111101 01110101 11110101 11011101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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