Analysis of Quatrains to the Sun
Harry Crosby 1898 (Boston) – 1929 (New York City)
I
A sunfort flourished in my sunless heart
Beyond the Sun. Here in a tower apart
The sunbirds of my lady's eyes were caged
Alas, poor targets for the sun-god's dart.
The Sun at Chartres seen through an open door
Was like a nest, wherein I hatched a score
Of red-gold sun-thoughts. Now unheralded
They change to sun-nymphs on my heart's dark shore.
The Sun at noon is like a pool of gold
Towards whose uncertain brink the clouds have rolled
To quench their thirst. Likewise the invisible winds
Drink fire, and all my heart is sun-consoled.
Like to a giant dragon in his cage
Of clouds the Sun in unconcealéd rage
Glares down across the magic of the world
Intent upon this untried pasturage.
The Sun is a red arrow plunged to rest
In the dark target of the sea's wild breast
But morning shall unveil the gentle scene
Of sun-girls bathing in a palimpsest.
Scheme | XAAXA BBXB CCXC DDXD EEXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 01100111 01011001001 011110101 0111010111 01110111101 1101011101 1111110100 1111111111 0111110111 01101010111 11111001001 11001111101 1101010011 11010111 1101010101 01011011 0110110111 0011010111 1101010101 11110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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