Analysis of Character
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
The sun set, but set not his hope:
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:
Fixed on the enormous galaxy,
Deeper and older seemed his eye;
And matched his sufferance sublime
The taciturnity of time.
He spoke, and words more soft than rain
Brought the Age of Gold again:
His action won such reverence sweet
As hid all measure of the feat.
| Scheme | ABCDEEFGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01111111 111111001 110010100 10010111 011101 0111 11011111 1011101 110111001 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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