Analysis of A Night-Rain in Summer
James Henry Leigh Hunt 1784 (Southgate, London) – 1859
Open the window, and let the air
Freshly blow upon face and hair,
And fill the room, as it fills the night,
With the breath of the rain's sweet might.
Hark! the burthen, swift and prone!
And how the odorous limes are blown!
Stormy Love's abroad, and keeps
Hopeful coil for gentle sleeps.
Not a blink shall burn to-night
In my chamber, of sordid light;
Nought will I have, not a window-pane,
'Twixt me and the air and the great good rain,
Which ever shall sing me sharp lullabies;
And God's own darkness shall close mine eyes;
And I will sleep, with all things blest,
In the pure earth-shadow of natural rest.
Scheme | AABBCCDD BBEEFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100100101 10101101 010111101 10110111 101101 010100111 1010101 1011101 1011111 01101101 111110101 1100100111 110111110 011101111 01111111 0011111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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