Analysis of A Shadow.
Sophie M Almon Hensley 1866 (Bridgetown) – 1946 (Windsor)
The world to-day is radiant, as I ne'er
Could picture it in wildest dreaming, when
For long, long hours I lay in flowery glen
Or wooded copse, and tried in vain to tear
The glamour from my eyes, and face the glare
And tumult of the busy world of men.
I staked my all, and won! and ne'er again
Can my blest spirit know a heart's despair.
And yet - and yet - why should it be that now,
When all my heart has longed for is at last
Within my grasp, and I should be at rest,
A ghostly Something rising in the glow
Of Love's own fire, an uninvited guest,
Taunts me with just one memory of the past!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111100111 1101010101 111101101001 1101010111 0101110101 0101010111 1111010101 1111010101 0101111111 1111111111 0111011111 0101010001 1111010101 11111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 25, 2023
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