Analysis of A Song.
Oh, sing me a merry song!
My heart is sad tonight;
The day has been so drear and long,
The world has gone awry and wrong,
Discouragements around me throng,
And gloom surpassing night.
Oh, sing again the song for me
My mother used to sing
When I, a child beside her knee,
Looked up for her sweet sympathy,
Nor ever thought how I might be
Her little hindering thing.
Oh, sing, as eventide draws near,
The old-time lullabys
Grandmother sang - forever dear,
Though in her grave this many a year
She lies who "read her title clear
To mansions in the skies."
Oh, sing till all perplexing care
Has vanished with the day!
And angels ever bright and fair
Come down the melody to share,
And on their pinions lightly bear
My happy soul away.
Scheme | ABAAAB CDCCCD EFEEEF GHGGGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 111101 01111101 01110101 10111 010101 11010111 110111 11010101 11101100 11011111 0101001 111111 0111 1010101 100111001 11110101 110001 11110101 110101 01010101 11010011 0111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 716 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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