Analysis of The Morning-Watch
1 O joys! infinite sweetness! with what flow'rs
2 And shoots of glory my soul breaks and buds!
3 All the long hours
4 Of night, and rest,
5 Through the still shrouds
6 Of sleep, and clouds,
7 This dew fell on my breast;
8 Oh, how it bloods
9 And spirits all my earth! Hark! In what rings
10 And hymning circulations the quick world
11 Awakes and sings;
12 The rising winds
13 And falling springs,
14 Birds, beasts, all things
15 Adore him in their kinds.
16 Thus all is hurl'd
17 In sacred hymns and order, the great chime
18 And symphony of nature. Prayer is
19 The world in tune,
20 A spirit voice,
21 And vocal joys
22 Whose echo is heav'n's bliss.
23 O let me climb
24 When I lie down! The pious soul by night
25 Is like a clouded star whose beams, though said
26 To shed their light
27 Under some cloud,
28 Yet are above,
29 And shine and move
30 Beyond that misty shroud.
31 So in my bed,
32 That curtain'd grave, though sleep, like ashes, hide
33 My lamp and life, both shall in thee abide.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010111 0111011101 10110 1101 1011 1101 111111 1111 0101111011 01010011 101 0101 0101 1111 011011 1111 0101010011 010011011 0101 0101 0101 110111 1111 1111010111 1101011111 1111 1011 1101 0101 011101 1011 111111101 1101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,221 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 33 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 759 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 450 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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