Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 54. Oh, yet we Trust that somehow Goo



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
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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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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