Analysis of The Hermit Thrush
Henry Van Dyke 1852 (Germantown, Pennsylvania) – 1933 (Princeton, New Jersey)
O wonderful! How liquid clear
The molten gold of that ethereal tone,
Floating and falling through the wood alone,
A hermit-hymn poured out for God to hear!
0 holy, holy, holy! Hyaline,
Long light, low light, glory of eventide!
Love far away, far up. -- up, -- love divine!
Little love, too, for ever, ever, near,
Warm love, earth love, tender love of mine,
In the leafy dark where you hide,
You are mine, -- mine, -- mine!
Ah, my belovèd, do you feel with me
The hidden virtue of that melody,
The rapture and the purity of love,
The heavenly joy that can not find the word?
Then, while we wait again to hear the bird,
Come very near to me, and do not move, --
Now, hermit of the woodland, fill anew
The cool, green cup of air with harmony,
And we will drink the wine of love with you.
Scheme | ABBXBCDADCD ECXCCXFEF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11001101 01011101001 1001010101 0101111111 1010101 11111011 1101111101 1011110101 111110111 00101111 11111 1110111111 0101011100 0100010011 01001111101 1111011101 1101110111 110101101 0111111100 0111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 780 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 9 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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