Analysis of Sunset on the Spire

Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)



All that I dream
By day or night
Lives in that stream
Of lovely light.
Here is the earth,
And there is the spire;
This is my hearth,
And that is my fire.
From the sun's dome
I am shouted proof
That this is my home,
And that is my roof.
Here is my food,
And here is my drink,
And I am wooed
From the moon's brink.
And the days go over,
And the nights end;
Here is my lover,
Here is my friend.
All that I
Can ever ask
Wears that sky
Like a thin gold mask.


Scheme ABABCDEFGHGHIJIJFKFKLMLM
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111 1011 1101 1101 01101 1111 011110 1011 11101 11111 01111 1111 01111 0111 1011 001110 0011 11110 1111 111 1101 111 10111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 461
Words 101
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 338
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Elinor Morton Wylie

Elinor Morton Wylie was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry." more…

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