Analysis of Compensation.
Freeman Edwin Miller 1864 – 1951
The softest beams of the stars are born in the farthest skies,
And fairest rays of the sun where evening shadows rise;
The sweetest songs of the bird are sung in the darkest days,
And rarest blooms of the spring are found in the wildest ways.
The brightest blush of the rose is blown as the petals fade.
The greenest grass of the earth is grown in the hidden glade;
The fondest rhyme of the rill is heard in the secret vale,
And lightest lays of the breeze are borne from the dying gale.
The highest hopes of the heart in saddest of sorrows grow,
The purest pleasures of joy arise in the wane of woe;
The gladdest smiles of the lips are seen in the hours of pain,
And proudest days of the free are spent by the broken chain.
The grandest deeds of the race are writ on the faded scroll,
The truest rivers of good from villainous fountains roll;
The perfect raptures of life are reared in the arms of care,
And Hope with her joys dispels the darkness of our despair.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011011100101 010110111011 01011011100101 01011011100101 01011011110101 01011011100101 01011011100101 01011011110101 01011010101101 01010110100111 01110111001011 01011011110101 01011011110101 01010111100101 0011111100111 011010101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 25, 2023
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