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
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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Lydia Howard Sigourney

Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney.  more…

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