Analysis of A Winter Minster

Michael Earls 1875 – 1937



And all the grottoed aisles along,
Where servitors rejoice,
The chorused echoes run-

The inspiration of the breeze
Gives every reed a voice
From tenebrae and silences;
Over the valleys borne,
Come organ harmonies;
And when the low winds call,
The pines with miserere mourn
A requiem musical,
Softer than moonbeams fall
Across the starry oriels of night,
Flooding the azure round
With hushed delight
And sanctity of sound.


Scheme XAX BAXCBDCXDEFEF
Poetic Form
Metre 0101101 1101 01101 0010101 1100101 110100 100101 110100 010111 01111 0100100 10111 01010111 100101 1101 010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 423
Words 73
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 13
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Michael Earls

Michael Earls, S.J. was a Jesuit priest, as well as a writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. more…

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