Analysis of A Hymn for Noon
The sun is swiftly mounted high;
It glitters in the southern sky;
Its beams with force and glory beat,
And fruitful earth is fill'd with heat.
Father, also with Thy fire
Warm the cold, the dead desire,
And make the sacred love of Thee
Within my soul a sun to me.
Let it shine so fairly bright
That nothing else be took for light,
That worldly charms be seen to fade,
And in its lustre find a shade.
Let it strongly shine within
To scatter all the clouds of sin,
That drive when gusts of passion rise
And intercept it from our eyes.
Let its glory more than vie
With the sun that lights the sky;
Let it swiftly mount in air,
Mount with that, and leave it there,
And soar with more aspiring flight
To realms of everlasting light.
Thus, while here I'm forc'd to be,
I daily wish to live with Thee,
And feel that union which Thy love
Will, after death, complete above.
From my soul I send my prayer;
Great creator, bow Thine ear;
Thou for whose propitious sway
The world was taught to see the day,
Who spake the word and earth begun
And show'd its beauties in the sun;
With pleasure I Thy creatures view,
And would with good affection, too,
Good affection sweetly free,
Loose from them and move to Thee;
O teach me due returns to give,
And to Thy glory let me live,
And then my days shall shine the more
Or pass more blessed than before.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHAAIIEEDDJJIKLLMMNNDDOPQQ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 01110101 11000101 11110101 01011111 10101110 10101010 01010111 01110111 1111101 11011111 11011111 00110101 1110101 11010111 11111101 00111101 1110111 1011101 1110101 1110111 01110101 1110101 1111111 11011111 01110111 11010101 1111111 1010111 1110101 01111101 11010101 01110001 11011101 01110101 1010101 1110111 11110111 01110111 01111101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,339 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,036 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 256 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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