Analysis of After Sunset
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
The forest was a shrine for her,
A temple richly dressed;
And worshippers the tall trees were,
Each to his prayer addressed.
Scarce dared I lift my eyes, or stir,
So deeply was I blessed.
She took to herself the waning day
Like a round twilight moon,
Serenely rising far away—
A silvery moon of June,
That whiter than the morning is
And fairer than the noon.
The dim world darkened round her—all
Was night save where she shone,
Save where she stood so slim and small
The shadowed earth upon;
As though the earth were new, and she
Would light its fires anon.
Scheme | ABABAB CDCDXD EXEXXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010110 010101 01000110 111101 11111111 110111 111010101 10111 010010101 0100111 11010101 010101 01110101 111111 11111101 010101 11010101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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