Analysis of To The Memory Of Heber
Felicia Dorothea Hemans 1793 (Liverpool, Lancashire) – 1835 (Dublin, County Dublin)
If it be sad to speak of treasures gone,
Of sainted genius call'd too soon away,
Of light, from this world taken, while it shone
Yet kindling onward to the perfect day;
How shall our grief, if mournful these things be,
Flow forth, oh, Thou of many gifts! for thee?
Hath not thy voice been here amongst us heard?
And that deep soul of gentleness and power,
Have we not felt its breath in every word,
Wont from thy lip, as Hermon's dew, to shower?
Yes, in our hearts thy fervent thoughts have burn'd
Of heaven they were, and thither have return'd.
How shall we mourn thee? With a lofty trust,
Our life's immortal birthright from above!
With a glad faith, whose eye, to track the just,
Thro' shades and mysteries lifts a glance of love,
And yet can weep! for nature thus deplores
The friend that leaves us, tho' for happier shores.
And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier,
One strain of solemn rapture be allow'd!
Thou, that rejoicing on thy mid career,
Not to decay, but unto death, hast bow'd;
In those bright regions of the rising sun,
Where victory ne'er a crown like thine had won.
Praise! for yet one more name with power endow'd,
To cheer and guide us, onward as we press;
Yet one more image on the heart bestow'd,
To dwell there, beautiful in holiness!
Thine, Heber, thine! whose memory from the dead,
Shines as the star which to the Saviour led.
ST. ASAPH, Sept. 1826.
Scheme | XAXABB CDCDEE FGFGHH XIXIJJ IXXXKK X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1101011101 1111110111 1101010011 11101110111 1111110111 1111110111 01111100010 11111101001 1111111110 10101110111 1101001101 1111110101 1010101101 1011111101 11010010111 0111110101 01111111001 01111101011 1111010101 1101011101 1101110111 0111010101 11001011111 11111111001 1101110111 1111010101 1111000100 11011100101 110111011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,360 |
Words | 256 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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