Analysis of Love's Nearness
Henry Van Dyke 1852 (Germantown, Pennsylvania) – 1933 (Princeton, New Jersey)
I think of thee, when golden sunbeams shimmer
Across the sea;
And when the waves reflect the moon's pale glimmer,
I think of thee.
I see thy form, when down the distant highway
The dust-clouds rise;
In deepest night, above the mountain by-way,
I see thine eyes.
I hear thee when the ocean-tides returning
Loudly rejoice;
And on the lonely moor, in stillness yearning,
I hear thy voice.
I dwell with thee: though thou art far removed,
Yet art thou near.
The sun goes down, the stars shine out, ---
Beloved,
Ah, wert thou here!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110110 0101 01010101110 1111 1111110101 0111 01010101011 1111 11110101010 1001 01010101010 1111 1111111101 1111 01110111 01 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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