Analysis of Spirits

Robert Seymour Bridges 1844 (Walmer, Kent) – 1930 (Boars Hill, Berkshire)



Angel spirits of sleep,
White-robed, with silver hair,
In your meadows fair,
Where the willows weep,
And the sad moonbeam
On the gliding stream
Writes her scatter'd dream:

Angel spirits of sleep,
Dancing to the weir
In the hollow roar
Of its waters deep;
Know ye how men say
That ye haunt no more
Isle and grassy shore
With your moonlit play;
That ye dance not here,
White-robed spirits of sleep,
All the summer night
Threading dances light?


Scheme Abbaccc Adeafeefdagg
Poetic Form
Metre 101011 111101 0111 1011 0011 10101 10101 101011 10101 00101 11101 11111 11111 10101 1111 11111 111011 10101 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 449
Words 80
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 12
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Seymour Bridges

Robert Seymour Bridges was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’ efforts that Gerard Manley Hopkins achieved posthumous fame. more…

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