Analysis of To Night
Joseph Blanco White 1775 (Seville) – 1841
Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew
Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,
Did he not tremble for this lovely frame,
This glorious canopy of light and blue?
Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew,
Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame,
Hesperus with the host of heaven came,
And lo! Creation widened in man's view.
Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed
Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find,
Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed,
That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind!
Why do we then shun death with anxious strife?
If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
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Metre | 010011101101 1101010111 1111011101 11001001101 1101010101 1001101101 11011101 0101010011 1111110101 0111111111 110101101 11110111111 1111111101 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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