Analysis of In Memoriam. - Henry Howard Comstock,
Youngest child of the late Capt. JOHN C. COMSTOCK, died at Hartford, February 11th, 1862, a fortnight after his father, aged 11 months.
It was a fair and mournful sight
Once at the wintry tide,
When to the dear baptismal rite
Was brought an infant, sweet and bright,
His father's couch beside,
His dying father's couch beside,
Whose eye, with tranquil ray,
Beheld upon that beauteous head
The consecrated water shed,
Then calmly pass'd away.
A little while the lovely babe,
As if by angels lent,
With soft caress and soothing wile
Invok'd a widow'd mother's smile,
Then to his father went.
Christ's holy seal upon his brow,
Christ's sign upon his breast,
He 'scaped from all the cares and woes
That earth inflicts or manhood knows,
And enter'd with the blest.
Scheme | X ABAAB BCDDC XEFFE XGHHG |
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Metre | 1011011111111010011011011011 11010101 110101 11010101 11110101 110101 11010101 111101 101111 0100101 110101 01010101 111101 11010101 01010101 111101 11010111 110111 11110101 1101111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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