Analysis of Look-Out Mountain



WHO inhabiteth the Mountain
That it shines in lurid light,
And is rolled about with thunders,
And terrors, and a blight,
Like Kaf the peak of Eblis-
Kaf, the evil height?
Who has gone up with a shouting
And a trumpet in the night?

There is battle in the Mountain-
Might assaulteth Might;
'Tis the fastness of the Anarch,
Torrent-torn, an ancient height;
The crags resound the clangor
Of the war of Wrong and Right;
And the armies in the valley
Watch and pray for dawning light.

Joy, joy, the day is breaking,
And the cloud is rolled from sight;
There is triumph in the Morning
For the Anarch's plunging flight;
God has glorified the Mountain
Where a banner burneth bright,
And the armies of the valley
They are fortified in right.


Scheme ABCBCBDB ABXBXBEB DBDBABEB
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 1110101 01101110 010001 110111 10101 11111010 0010001 11100010 111 1010101 1011101 01101 1011101 00100010 1011101 1101110 0011111 11100010 101101 1110010 101011 00101010 111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 717
Words 134
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 191
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Herman Melville

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