Analysis of Celestial Painting (Sunset at Renvyle)

William Percy French 1854 – 1920



When painters leave this world, we grieve
For the hand that will work no more,
But who can say that they rest alway
On that still celestial shore?
No! No! they choose from the rainbow hues,
And winging from Paradise,
They come to paint, now bold now faint,
The tones of our sunset skies.
When I see them there I can almost swear
That grey is from Whistler's brain!
That crimson flush was Turner's brush!
And the gold is Claude Lorraine.


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJI
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 10111111 11111111 1110101 11111011 010110 11111111 0111011 111111111 111111 11011101 0011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 444
Words 83
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 341
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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William Percy French

William Percy French (1 May 1854 – 24 January 1920) became known as one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers. Thanks to the late Oliver Nulty, French has become recognised for his watercolour paintings as well. William Percy French was a gifted polymath who had a number of artistic talents at his command. He could work very quickly, and his output is prodigious across many genres. more…

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