Analysis of Eventide
John McCrae 1872 (Guelph) – 1918 (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
The day is past and the toilers cease;
The land grows dim 'mid the shadows grey,
And hearts are glad, for the dark brings peace
At the close of day.
Each weary toiler, with lingering pace,
As he homeward turns, with the long day done,
Looks out to the west, with the light on his face
Of the setting sun.
Yet some see not (with their sin-dimmed eyes)
The promise of rest in the fading light;
But the clouds loom dark in the angry skies
At the fall of night.
And some see only a golden sky
Where the elms their welcoming arms stretch wide
To the calling rooks, as they homeward fly
At the eventide.
It speaks of peace that comes after strife,
Of the rest He sends to the hearts He tried,
Of the calm that follows the stormiest life --
God's eventide.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGF IHIF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01110011 01111011 011110111 10111 110111001 1110110111 11101101111 10101 111111111 0101100101 1011100101 10111 011100101 1011100111 1010111101 101 111111101 1011110111 10111001001 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 798 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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