Analysis of Thomas Starr King
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
The great work laid upon his twoscore years
Is done, and well done. If we drop our tears,
Who loved him as few men were ever loved,
We mourn no blighted hope nor broken plan
With him whose life stands rounded and approved
In the full growth and stature of a man.
Mingle, O bells, along the Western slope,
With your deep toll a sound of faith and hope!
Wave cheerily still, O banner, half-way down,
From thousand-masted bay and steepled town!
Let the strong organ with its loftiest swell
Lift the proud sorrow of the land, and tell
That the brave sower saw his ripened grain.
O East and West! O morn and sunset twain
No more forever!--has he lived in vain
Who, priest of Freedom, made ye one, and told
Your bridal service from his lips of gold?
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Metre | 011101111 11011111101 1111110101 1111011101 1111110001 0011010101 1011010101 1111011101 111110111 110101011 101101111 1011010101 1011011101 110111011 1101011101 1111011101 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 579 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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