Analysis of Night
James Thomson 1700 (Port Glasgow) – 1748 (London)
He cried out through the night:
"Where is the light?
Shall nevermore
Open Heaven's door?
Oh, I am left
Lonely, bereft!"
He cried out through the night:
It spread vaguely white,
With its ghost of a moon
Above the dark swoon
Of the earth lying chill,
Breathless, grave still.
He cried out through the night:
His voice in its might
Rang forth far and far,
And then like a star
Dwindled from sense
In the Immense.
He cried out through the night:
No answering light,
No syllabled sound;
Beneath and around
A long shuddering thrill
Then all again still.
Scheme | AabbccAaddeeAaffggAahhee |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1101 110 10101 1111 1001 111101 11101 111101 01011 101101 1011 111101 11011 11101 01101 1011 0001 111101 11001 111 01001 011001 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 428 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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