Analysis of An Evening Thought.
Charles Sangster 1822 (Kingston) – 1893
Bird of the fanciful plumage,
That foldest thy wings in the west,
Imbuing the shimmering ocean
With the hues of thy delicate breast,
Passing away into Dreamland,
To visions of heavenly rest!
Spirit! when thou art permitted
To bask in the sunset of life;
Serene in thine eventide splendour,
Thy countenance victory rife;
Leaving the world where thou'st triumphed
Alike o'er its greatness and strife:
Thine be the destiny, spirit,
To set like the sun in the west;
Folding thy wings of rare plumage,
Conscious of infinite rest,
Heralded on to thy haven,
The Fortunate Isles of the Blest.
Scheme | ABCBXB XDXDXD XBABCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010010 1111001 1010010 101111001 1001011 11011001 10111010 1100111 010111 11001001 100111110 011011001 11010010 11101001 10111110 1011001 10011110 01001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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