Analysis of Indian Summer

Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931



This is the sign!
This flooding splendour, golden and hyaline,
This sun a golden sea on hill and plain, --
That God forgets not, that He walks with men.
His smile is on the mountain and the pool
And all the fairy lakes are beautiful.
This is the word!
That makes a thing of flame the water-bird.
This mercy of His fulfilled in the magical
Clear glow of skies from dawn to evenfall,
Telling His Hand is over us, that we
Are not delivered to the insatiable sea.
This is the pledge!
The promise writ in gold to the water's edge:
His bow's in Heaven and the great floods are over.
Oh, broken hearts, lift up! The Immortal Lover
Embraces, comforts with the enlivening sun,
The sun He bids stand still till the day is won.


Scheme AABCDEFFEDGGHHIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11011001 1101011101 1101111111 1111010001 0101011100 1101 1101110101 110110100100 11111111 1011110111 110101001001 1101 01010110101 110100011110 110111001010 010101001001 01111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 707
Words 138
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 555
Words per stanza (avg) 136
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Katharine Tynan

Katharine Tynan was an Irish-born writer, known mainly for her novels and poetry. more…

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