Analysis of Lines:
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
I stooped from star-bright regions, where
Thou canst not enter even in prayer;
And thought to light thy heart and hearth
With all the poesy of earth.
Oh, foolish hope! those mystic gleams
To thee were unsubstantial dreams;
The paltry world had made thee blind,
And shut thy heart and dulled thy mind.
I was a vassal at thy feet,
And cringed more meanly than was meet,
And since I dared not to be free,
Was scouted as a slave should be.
I gave thee all -- my truth, my trust --
I bowed my spirit in the dust,
I put a crown upon thy brow,
And am its proper victim now.
Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDEE FFGG |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111101 111101001 01111101 110111 11011101 11011 01011111 01110111 11010111 0111111 01111111 11010111 11111111 11110001 11010111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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