Analysis of Urbs Coronata
Henry Van Dyke 1852 (Germantown, Pennsylvania) – 1933 (Princeton, New Jersey)
(Song for the City College of New York)
O youngest of the giant brood
Of cities far-renowned;
In wealth and power thou hast passed
Thy rivals at a bound;
And now thou art a queen, New York;
And how wilt thou be crowned?
"Weave me no palace-wreath of pride,"
The royal city said;
"Nor forge an iron fortress-wall
To frown upon my head;
But let me wear a diadem
Of Wisdom's towers instead."
And so upon her island height
She worked her will forsooth,
She set upon her rocky brow
A citadel of Truth,
A house of Light, a home of Thought,
A shrine of noble Youth.
Stand here, ye City College towers,
And look both up and down;
Remember all who wrought for you
Within the toiling town;
Remember all they thought for you,
And all the hopes they brought for you,
And be the City's Crown.
Scheme | A XBXBAB XCXCXC XDXDXD XEFEFFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010111 11010101 110101 01010111 110101 01110111 011111 11110111 010101 11110101 110111 1111010 111001 01010101 11011 11010101 01011 01110111 011101 111101010 011101 01011111 010101 01011111 01011111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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