Analysis of The Sculptor

Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)



O'er the Eastern hills of light
 While the dim world slept
 Dawn the sculptor stepped,
 And the shapeless block of Night
 Chiselled into form
 Morning-lit and warm.


Scheme ABBACC
Poetic Form Heroic Sestet
Metre 10010111 10111 10101 0010111 1011 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 172
Words 29
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.  more…

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