Analysis of Midsummer Night
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
Mother of balms and soothings manifold,
Quiet-breathed night whose brooding hours are seven,
To whom the voices of all rest are given,
And those few stars whose scattered names are told,
Far off beyond the westward hills outrolled,
Darker than thou, more still, more dreamy even,
The golden moon leans in the dusky heaven,
And under the one star-a point of gold:
And all go slowly lingering toward the west,
As we go down forgetfully to our rest,
Weary of daytime, tired of noise and light:
Ah, it was time that thou should'st come; for we
Were sore athirst, and had great need of thee,
Thou sweet physician, balmy-blossomed night.
Scheme | ABBAAXBA CCDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110110 101111010110 11010111110 0111110111 110101011 10111111010 0101100110 0100110111 011101000101 111111101 1011101101 11111111111 011011111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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