Analysis of In Memoriam. - Deacon Normand Smith,
Lydia Howard Sigourney 1791 ( Norwich) – 1865 ( )
Died at Hartford, May 22d, 1860, aged 87.
One saintly man the less, to teach us how
Wisely to live,--one blest example more
To teach us how to die.
Fourscore and seven,
Swept not the beauty of his brow away,
Nor quell'd his voice of music, nor impair'd
The social feeling that through all his life
Ran like a thread of gold.
In filial arms
Close wrapp'd with watchful tenderness, he trod
Jordan's cold brink.
The world was beautiful,
But Christ's dear love so wrought within his heart
That to depart seem'd better.
Many a year
He lent his influence to the church he loved,
For unity and peace, and countless gems
Dropp'd from his lips when the last sickness came,
To fortify young pilgrims in the course
That leads to glory and eternal life.
As the frail flesh grew weak, the soul look'd forth
With added brightness thro' the clear, dark eye,
As though it saw unutterable things,
Or heard the welcome of beloved ones
Who went to rest before him.
So, with smiles,
And prayers and holy hymns, and loving words
He laid the burden of the body down,
And slept in Jesus.
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 1110111 1101011111 1011110101 111111 1010 1101011101 1111110101 0101011111 110111 01001 1111010011 1011 011100 1111110111 1101110 1001 11110010111 1100010101 1111101101 110110001 1111000101 1011110111 1101010111 111111 110101011 1111011 111 0101010101 1101010101 01010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,044 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 20, 9 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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