Analysis of A Hamadryad Dies. Sonnet
Thomas Runciman 1841 – 1909
Low mourned the Oread round the Arcadian hills;
The Naiad murmured and the Dryad moaned;
The meadow-maiden left her daffodils
To join the Hamadryades who groaned
Over a sister newly fallen dead.
That Life might perish out of Arcady
From immemorial times was never said;
Yet here one lay dead by her dead oak-tree.
"Who made our Hamadryad cold and mute?"
The others cried in sorrow and in wonder.
"I," answered Death, close by in ashen suit;
"Yet fear not me for this, nor start asunder;
Arcadian life shall keep its ancient zest
Though I be here. My name? - is it not Rest?"
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Metre | 1101101001 01100011 01101010 110111 1001010101 11110111 1010011101 1111110111 11101101 01010100010 1101110101 11111111010 1001111101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 447 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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