Analysis of Sundown
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
The summer sun is sinking low;
Only the tree-tops redden and glow:
Only the weathercock on the spire
Of the neighboring church is a flame of fire;
All is in shadow below.
O beautiful, awful summer day,
What hast thou given, what taken away?
Life and death, and love and hate,
Homes made happy or desolate,
Hearts made sad or gay!
On the road of life one mile-stone more!
In the book of life one leaf turned o'er!
Like a red seal is the setting sun
On the good and the evil men have done,--
Naught can to-day restore!
| Scheme | AAXBA CCXXC DBEED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101 100111001 1001101 101001101110 110101 110010101 1111011001 1010101 11101100 11111 101111111 0011111110 101110101 1010010111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 510 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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