Analysis of Until The Night
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Over the ocean of life’s commotion
We sail till the night comes on.
Sail and sail in a tiny boat,
Drifting wherever the billows go.
Out on the treacherous sea afloat,
Beat by the cruel winds that blow,
Hither and thither our boat is drawn,
Till the day dies out and the night comes on.
Over a meadow of light and shadow
We wander with weary feet,
Seeking a bauble men call “Fame, ”
Grasping the dead-sea fruit named “wealth, ”
Finding each but an empty name,
And the night – the night steals on by stealth,
And we count the season of slumber sweet,
When hope lies dead in the arms of defeat.
Over the river a great Forever
Stretches beyond our sight.
But I know by the glistening pearly gates
Afar from the region of strife and sin,
A beautiful angel always waits
To welcome the sheep of the shepherd in.
And out of the shadows of gloom and night,
They enter the mansion of peace and light.
Scheme | XABCBCXA CDEFEFDD XGHIHIGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011010 1110111 10100101 100100101 110100101 11010111 100110111 1011100111 10011101 1101101 10010111 10011111 10111101 001011111 0110101101 1111001101 1001001010 1001101 11110100101 0110101101 01001011 1100110100 011011101 1100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 906 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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