Analysis of A Hope
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
Twin stars, aloft in ether clear,
Around each other roll alway,
Within one common atmosphere
Of their own mutual light and day.
And myriad happy eyes are bent
Upon their changeless love alway;
As, strengthened by their one intent,
They pour the flood of life and day.
So we through this world's waning night
May, hand in hand, pursue our way;
Shed round us order, love, and light,
And shine unto the perfect day.
Scheme | ABAC DBDC EBEC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 11010101 0111011 0111010 111100101 010010111 011111 11011101 11011101 11111101 110101101 11110101 01100011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 413 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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