Analysis of To Eva
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
O Fair and stately maid, whose eye
Was kindled in the upper sky
At the same torch that lighted mine;
For so I must interpret still
Thy sweet dominion o'er my will,
A sympathy divine.
Ah! let me blameless gaze upon
Features that seem in heart my own,
Nor fear those watchful sentinels
Which charm the more their glance forbids,
Chaste glowing underneath their lids
With fire that draws while it repels.
Thine eyes still shined for me, though far
I lonely roved the land or sea,
As I behold yon evening star,
Which yet beholds not me.
This morn I climbed the misty hill,
And roamed the pastures through;
How danced thy form before my path,
Amidst the deep-eyed dew!
When the red bird spread his sable wing,
And showed his side of flame,
When the rose-bud ripened to the rose,
In both I read thy name.
Scheme | AABCCB XXXDDX EFEF CGXG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 11000101 10111101 11110101 110101011 010001 11110101 10110111 11110100 11011101 1100111 110111101 11111111 11010111 11011101 11111 11110101 010101 11110111 010111 101111101 011111 101110101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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