Analysis of A Song of Rest.

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



The world may rage without,
Quiet is here;
Statesmen may toil and shout,
Cynics may sneer;
The great world - let it go -
June warmth be March's snow,
I care not - be it so
Since I am here.

Time was when war's alarm
Called for a fear,
When sorrow's seeming harm
Hastened a tear;
Naught care I now what foe
Threatens, for scarce I know
How the year's seasons go
Since I am here.

This is my resting-place
Holy and dear,
Where Pain's dejected face
May not appear.
This is the world to me,
Earth's woes I will not see
But rest contentedly
Since I am here.

Is't your voice chiding, Love,
My mild career?
My meek abiding, Love,
Daily so near?
"Danger and loss" to me?
Ah, Sweet, I fear to see
No loss but loss of Thee
And I am here.


Scheme abacdddB ecexdddB fcfcgggB hchcgggb
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 1011 101101 1011 011111 111101 111111 1111 111101 1101 11101 1001 111111 101111 101101 1111 111101 1001 110101 1101 110111 111111 110100 1111 1111101 1101 110101 1011 100111 111111 111111 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 703
Words 148
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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