Analysis of The Sunflower
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand,
And on the sun's noon-glory gaze:
With eye like his thy lids expand,
And fringe their disk with golden rays;
Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there,
Light is thine element, thy dwelling air,
Thy prospect heaven.
So would mine eagle-soul descry,
Beyond the path where planets run,
The light of immortality,
The splendour of creation's sun;
Though sprung from earth, and hast'ning to the tomb
In hope a flower of paradise to bloom,
I took to heaven.
Scheme | ABABCCD CDXDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101111 01011101 11111101 01111101 1111010101 1111001101 11010 1111011 01011101 0110100 01111 1111011101 0101011011 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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