Analysis of A Song of Dawn.

Sophie M Almon Hensley 1866 (Bridgetown) – 1946 (Windsor)



In the east a lightening;
Where the woods are chill
Moves an unseen finger,
Wakes a sudden thrill;

In my soul a glimmer,
Hush! no words are heard!
In heart-ambush hidden
Chirrup of a bird;

Tremble heart and forest
Like a frightened fawn,
Gleam the distant tree-tops,
Hither comes the dawn!


Scheme XABA BCXC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0010100 10111 110110 10101 011010 11111 01110 1101 101010 10101 101011 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 284
Words 53
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Sophie M Almon Hensley

Sophie Margaretta Almon Hensley was a Canadian writer and educator. She also published under the names Gordon Hart, J. Try-Davies and Almon Hensley. The daughter of Sarah Frances DeWolfe and Henry Pryor Almon, an Anglican minister, she was born Sophie Margaretta Almon in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. more…

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