Analysis of Morning Thoughts
Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney 1791 ( Norwich) – 1865
Awake! awake! the rosy light
Looks through the parted veil of night
Awake! arise! short space hast thou
On earth, and much thou hast to do:
Another morn to thee is given,
Another gift from bounteous heaven
Is lent to thee, while many sleep
To wake no more on earth again;
Is sweet to thee, while many weep,
Deep sunk in grief, or torn with pain
Oh, spring to life! with joy renew'd,
And pour the strain of gratitude,
On bended knee, with holy fear,
With humble hope, with faith sincere.
Before the sun shall raise his head
To smile upon the blushing day,
Or from his chamber rush to lead
The young, and thin-rob'd dawn away.
Before the morn with tresses fair
Shall sail upon the waveless air,
Oh, let thy soul ascend as free,
Thy heart be tun'd to harmony,
And meekly to thy Maker bear,
The early vow, the early prayer,
Unstain'd with shades of earthly care.
Kneel like a suppliant at his feet,
Yet like a child address his throne,
And let an hour so calm, so sweet,
Be sacred to thy God alone.
Scheme | AAXXBBCXCXDDEE FGFG HHIIHHH JKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 11010111 01011111 11011111 010111110 01011110 11111101 11111101 11111101 11011111 11111101 0101110 11011101 11011101 01011111 11010101 11110111 01011101 01011101 1101011 11110111 11111100 01011101 01010101 01111101 1101111 1101111 011101111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,047 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 4, 7, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
From Moral Pieces, in Prose and Verse, 1815. Exhortation to be grateful for another day
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