Analysis of The Rape Of The Mist
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
High o’er the clouds a Sunbeam shone,
And far down under him,
With a subtle grace that was all her own,
The Mist gleamed, fair and dim.
He looked at her with burning eyes
And longed to fall at her feet;
Of all sweet things there under the skies,
He thought her the thing most sweet.
He had wooed oft, as a Sunbeam may,
Wave, and blossom, and flower;
But never before had he felt the sway
Of a great love’s mighty power.
Tall cloud-mountains and vast space-seas,
Wind, and tempest, and fire –
What obstacles such as these
To a heart that is filled with desire?
Boldly he trod over cloud and star,
Boldly he swam through space,
She caught the glow of his eyes afar
And veiled her delicate face.
He was so strong and he was so bright,
And his breath was a breath of flame;
The Mist grew pale with a vague, strange fright,
As fond, yet fierce, he came.
Close to his heart she was clasped and kissed;
She swooned in love’s alarms,
And dead lay the beautiful pale-faced Mist
In the Sunbeam’s passionate arms.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GFGF HIHI JKJK LMLM |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101011 011101 1010111101 011101 11101101 0111101 111111001 1100111 11111011 1010010 1100111101 10111010 11100111 1010010 1100111 1011111010 101110101 101111 110111101 0101001 111101111 01110111 011110111 111111 111111101 110101 0110100111 0011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,023 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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