Analysis of Summer Heat
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Nay, why discuss this summer heat,
Of which vain people tell?
Oh, sinner, rather were it meet
To fix thy thoughts on hell!
The punishment ordained for you
In that infernal spot
Is het by Satan's impish crew
And kept forever hot.
Sumatra might be reckoned nice,
And Tophet passing cool,
And Sodom were a cake of ice
Beside that sulphur pool.
An awful stench and dismal wail
Come from the broiling souls,
Whilst Satan with his fireproof tail
Stirs up the brimstone coals.
Oh, sinner, on this end 'tis meet
That thou shouldst ponder well,
For what, oh, what, is worldly heat
Unto the heat of hell?
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 111101 11010011 111111 01000111 010101 1111101 010101 1011101 01101 01000111 011101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 11011111 111101 11111101 100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 583 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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