Analysis of In Memoriam. - Annie Seymour Robinson,
Lydia Howard Sigourney 1791 ( Norwich) – 1865 ( )
Daughter of LUCIUS F. ROBINSON and Mrs. ELIZA S. ROBINSON, died at Hartford, Wednesday, April 10th, 1861, aged 6 years and 2 months.
Dids't hear him call, my beautiful?--
The Sire, so fond and dear
Who ere the last moon's waning ray,
Pass'd in his prime of days away,
And hath not left his peer?
Say, beckoning from yon silver cloud
Though none beside might see,
A hand that erst with love and pride
Its little daughter's steps would guide--
Stretch'd out that hand for thee?
The wreathing buds of snowy rose
That o'er thy bosom lay,
Were symbols in their beauty pale,
Of thy young life so sweet and frail,
And all unstain'd as they.
Oh stricken hearts!--bear up,--bear on,--
Think of your Saviour's grace,
Think of the spirit-welcome given,
When at the pearly gate of Heaven,
Father and child embrace.
Scheme | X XABBA XCDDC XBEEB XFGGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101100010010110011101010111101 11111100 0101101 11011101 10111101 011111 110011101 110111 01111101 11010111 111111 0111101 1101101 01001101 11111101 010111 11011111 11111 110101010 110101110 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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