Analysis of Finale
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
The cedar trees have sung their vesper hymn,
And now the music sleeps--
Its benediction falling where the dim
Dusk of the forest creeps.
Mute grows the great concerto--and the light
Of day is darkening, Good-night, Good-night.
But through the night time I shall hear within
The murmur of these trees,
The calling of your distant violin
Sobbing across the seas,
And waking wind, and star-reflected light
Shall voice my answering. Good-night, Good-night.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111101 010101 101010101 110101 1101010001 1111001111 1101111101 010111 0101110001 100101 0101010101 1111001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 460 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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