Analysis of A White Night
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
THE land lay deluged by the Moon;
The molten silver of the lake
Shimmered in many a broad lagoon
Between grey isles, whose copse and brake
Lay folded on the water's breast
Like halcyons in a floating nest.
And like a child who trusts in God
When in the dark it lies alone,
Stretched on the aromatic sod
My heart was laid against your own,
Against your heart, which seemed to be
Mine own to all Eternity.
Lapped in illimitable light,
The woods and waters seemed to swoon,
And clouds like angels-winged the night
And slipped away into the Moon,
Lost in that radiant flame above
As we were lapped and lost in love.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GAGAHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 01010101 100100101 01111101 11010101 1100101 01011101 10011101 1100101 11110111 01111111 11110100 1011 01010111 01110101 01010101 101100101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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