Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 54. Oh, yet we Trust that somehow Goo
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Oh, yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final end of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroy'd,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
I shrivell'd in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain.
Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last--far off--at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.
Scheme | XAAXBCCBDEED FGGF HIIH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111111 11010111 11110111 10110111 11011101 11111101 11110101 11110101 11011101 110111010 11001010 1110101 0111110 11111111 11111111 010010111 11111111 11010001 11010101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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