Analysis of Still Glides the Gentle Streamlet On
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
Still glides the gentle streamlet on,
With shifting current new and strange;
The water that was here is gone,
But those green shadows do not change.
Serene, or ruffled by the storm,
On present waves as on the past,
The mirrored grave retains its form,
The self-same trees their semblance cast.
The hue each fleeting globule wears,
That drop bequeaths it to the next,
One picture still the surface bears,
To illustrate the murmured text.
So, love, however time may flow,
Fresh hours pursuing those that flee
One constant image still shall show
My tide of life is true to thee!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 11010101 01011111 1111111 01110101 11011101 01010111 01111101 0111011 1111101 11010101 1100101 1110111 110010111 11010111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 457 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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