Analysis of A Canadian Summer Evening.
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon 1832 – 1879
The rose-tints have faded from out of the West,
From the Mountain's high peak, from the river's broad breast.
And, silently shadowing valley and rill,
The twilight steals noiselessly over the hill.
Behold, in the blue depths of ether afar,
Now softly emerging each glittering star;
While, later, the moon, placid, solemn and bright,
Floods earth with her tremulous, silvery light.
Hush! list to the Whip-poor-will's soft plaintive notes,
As up from the valley the lonely sound floats,
Inhale the sweet breath of yon shadowy wood
And the wild flowers blooming in hushed solitude.
Start not at the whispering, 'tis but the breeze,
Low rustling, 'mid maple and lonely pine trees,
Or willows and alders that fringe the dark tide
Where canoes of the red men oft silently glide.
See, rising from out of that copse, dark and damp,
The fire-flies, each bearing a flickering lamp!
Like meteors, gleaming and streaming, they pass
O'er hillside and meadow, and dew-laden grass,
Contrasting with ripple on river and stream,
Alternately playing in shadow and beam,
Till fullness of beauty fills hearing and sight
Throughout the still hours of a calm summer's night.
Scheme | AABBCCDD EEXXFFGG HHIIJJDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111011101 101011101011 01001001001 01111001 01001111001 11001011001 11001101001 11101001001 11101111101 11101001011 01011111001 00110100110 11101001101 11011001011 110111011 101101111001 11011111101 010111001001 11001001011 1010101101 01011011001 1000100101 11011011001 010110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,135 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 305 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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