Analysis of Song
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
Songs that could span the earth,
When leaping thought had stirred them,
In many an hour since birth,
We heard or dreamed we heard them.
Sometimes to all their sway
We yield ourselves half fearing,
Sometimes with hearts grown grey
We curse ourselves for hearing.
We toil and but begin;
In vain our spirits fret them,
We strive, and cannot win,
Nor evermore forget them.
A light that will not stand,
That comes and goes in flashes,
Fair fruits that in the hand
Are turned to dust and ashes.
Yet still the deep thoughts ring
Around and through and through us,
Sweet mights that make us sing,
But bring no resting to us.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEB FXFX DGDG |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 111101 1101111 01011011 1111111 011111 11001110 011111 11001110 110101 01101011 110101 110011 011111 1101010 111001 1111010 110111 0101011 111111 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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