Analysis of In Hyde Park

Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)



The white mist walks between the trees
 In silver gown;
 Her mystic floating draperies
 The branches drown;
 And lurking there with eager leer
 And wonder new,
 The lamps inquisitively peer
 Their fingers through.  
  The world sighs wearily, with pain
 Drawing tired breath;
 The stars are like a silver rain;
 And down beneath
 On Night's smooth garment running o'er
 In sullen flood,
 The city, like a festering sore,
 Oozes warm blood.


Scheme ABABCDCCEFEGCHCH
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101 0101 01010100 0101 01011101 0101 0111 1101 01110011 10101 01110101 0101 111101010 0101 010101001 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 446
Words 72
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 339
Words per stanza (avg) 70
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.  more…

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