Analysis of Hymn to the Sun

Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)



Giver of glowing light!
Though but a god of other days,
The kings and sages
Of wiser ages
Still live and gladden in thy genial rays!
King of the tuneful lyre,
Still poets' hymns to thee belong;
Though lips are cold
Whereon of old
Thy beams all turn'd to worshipping and song!
Lord of the dreadful bow,
None triumph now for Python's death;
But thou dost save
From hungry grave
The life that hangs upon a summer breath.
Father of rosy day,
No more thy clouds of incense rise;
But waking flow'rs
At morning hours,
Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies.
God of the Delphic fame,
No more thou listenest to hymns sublime;
But they will leave
On winds at eve,
A solemn echo to the end of time.


Scheme ABCDBEFGGFHIJJIKLBMLNOPPO
Poetic Form Tetractys  (44%)
Metre 101101 11011101 01010 11010 1101001101 110101 11011101 1111 111 1111110001 110101 11011101 1111 1101 0111010101 101101 11111011 1101 11010 1111111001 110101 11111101 1111 1111 0101010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 704
Words 135
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 543
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. more…

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