Analysis of Flower-De-Luce: To-Morrow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
'Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep
My little lambs are folded like the flocks;
From room to room I hear the wakeful clocks
Challenge the passing hour, like guards that keep
Their solitary watch on tower and steep;
Far off I hear the crowing of the cocks,
And through the opening door that time unlocks
Feel the fresh breathing of To-morrow creep.
To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest,
Who cries to me: 'Remember Barmecide,
And tremble to be happy with the rest.'
And I make answer: 'I am satisfied;
I dare not ask; I know not what is best;
God hath already said what shall betide.'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111000111 1101110101 111111011 10010101111 1100111001 1111010101 0101001111 1011011101 11000100011 11110101 0101110101 011101110 1111111111 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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