Analysis of A Library.
W M MacKeracher 1871 – 1913
As one, who, from an antechamber dim,
Is ushered suddenly to his surprise
Before a gathering of the great and wise,
Feels for the moment all his senses swim,
Then looks around him like a veteran grim
When peerless armies pass before his eyes,
Or Michael when he marshals in the skies
The embattled legions of the cherubim;
So shall the scholar pause within this door
With startled reverence, and proudly stand,
And feel that though the ages' flags are furled
By Time's rude breath, their spoils are here in store,
The riches of the race are at his hand,
And well-nigh all the glory of the world.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1101001101 01010010101 1101011101 11011101001 1101010111 1101110001 001010101 1101010111 1101000101 0111010111 1111111101 0101011111 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 236 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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