Analysis of Invocation
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
NIGHT after night within the grove
The night wind spares the sacred fire -
The breath made visible of love,
Of worship and desire.
I set the tripod at thy shrine;
The silver bowl, the amber flame,
And in the dark where no stars shine
I speak thy name.
By the high name I call on thee
Which only I, thy priestess, know.
I tread thy dance in ecstasy,
Sweet steps and slow.
O God, the hour has come. Appear!
I have performed the appointed rite -
The dance, the fire; I long to hear
Wings in the night.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 011101010 01110011 1100010 1101111 01010101 00011111 1111 10111111 11011101 11110100 1101 110101101 110100101 010101111 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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