Analysis of Dead In Sight Of Fame
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
DIED--Early morning of September 5, 1876, and
in the gleaming dawn of 'name and fame,'
Hamilton J. Dunbar.
Dead! Dead! Dead!
We thought him ours alone;
And were so proud to see him tread
The rounds of fame, and lift his head
Where sunlight ever shone;
But now our aching eyes are dim,
And look through tears in vain for him.
Name! Name! Name!
It was his diadem;
Nor ever tarnish-taint of shame
Could dim its luster--like a flame
Reflected in a gem,
He wears it blazing on his brow
Within the courts of Heaven now.
Tears! Tears! Tears!
Like dews upon the leaf
That bursts at last--from out the years
The blossom of a trust appears
That blooms above the grief;
And mother, brother, wife and child
Will see it and be reconciled.
Scheme | XAX BCBBCDD AEAAEFF XGHHGII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010100 001011101 100110 111 1111001 00111111 01110111 11101 111010111 01110111 111 11110 11010111 11110101 010001 11110111 01011101 111 110101 11111101 01010101 110101 01010101 1110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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