Analysis of An Hour With Thee
Sir Walter Scott 1771 (College Wynd, Edinburgh) – 1832 (Abbotsford, Roxburghshire)
An hour with thee! When earliest day
Dapples with gold the eastern gray,
Oh, what can frame my mind to bear
The toil and turmoil, cark and care,
New griefs, which coming hours unfold,
And sad remembrance of the old?
One hour with thee.
One hour with thee! When burning June
Waves his red flag at pitch of noon;
What shall repay the faithful swain,
His labor on the sultry plain;
And, more than cave or sheltering bough,
Cool feverish blood and throbbing brow?
One hour with thee.
One hour with thee! When sun is set,
Oh, what can teach me to forget
The thankless labors of the day;
The hopes, the wishes, flung away;
The increasing wants, and lessening gains,
The master's pride, who scorns my pains?
One hour with thee.
Scheme | aabbccD eeffggD hhaaiiD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111001 1110101 11111111 0101101 111101001 01010101 11011 110111101 11111111 11010101 11010101 011111001 110010101 11011 110111111 11111101 01010101 01010101 0010101001 01011111 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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