Analysis of Look-Out Mountain
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
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 |
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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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