Analysis of By The Seaside : The Evening Star

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)



Lo! in the paintedoriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement, shines
The evening star, the star of love and rest!
And then anon she doth herself divest
Of all her radiant garments, and reclines
Behind the sombre screen of yonder pines,
With slumber and soft dreams of love oppressed.
O my beloved, my sweet Hesperus!
My morning and my evening star of love!
My best and gentlest lady! even thus,
As that fair planet in the sky above,
Dost thou retire unto thy rest at night,
And from thy darkened window fades the light.


Scheme ABBAABBABCBCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1001101 1101011 101101011 0101011101 011110101 11010010001 010111101 1100111101 1101111 1100110111 11010010101 1111000101 1101101111 0111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 577
Words 106
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 449
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. more…

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