Analysis of While the Fates Sleep
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Come, let us to the sunways of the west,
Hasten, while crystal dews the rose-cups fill,
Let us dream dreams again in our blithe quest
O'er whispering wold and hill.
Castles of air yon wimpling valleys keep
Where milk-white mist steals from the purpling sea,
They shall be ours in the moon's wizardry,
While the fates, wearied, sleep.
The viewless spirit of the wind will sing
In the soft starshine by the reedy mere,
The elfin harps of hemlock boughs will ring
Fitfully far and near;
The fields will yield their trove of spice and musk,
And balsam from the glens of pine will fall,
Till twilight weaves its tangled shadows all
In one dim web of dusk.
Let us put tears and memories away,
While the fates sleep time stops for revelry;
Let us look, speak, and kiss as if no day
Has been or yet will be;
Let us make friends with laughter 'neath the moon,
With music on the immemorial shore,
Yea, let us dance as lovers danced of yore
The fates will waken soon!
Scheme | ABABCDDC EFEFGHHG IDIDJKKJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101101 1011010111 11110101011 10100101 101111101 111111011 11110001100 101101 011010111 001110101 010111111 100101 0111111101 0101011111 11111011 011111 1111010001 1011111100 1111011111 111111 1111110101 1101001001 1111110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 946 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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