Analysis of On Guido's Aurora
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
GLORIOUS, in saffron robes and veil unfurled,
Borne on the wind of her ecstatic flight,
Aurora floats before the Lord of Light,
And showers her roses on a jubilant world.
Lo, where he beams, ambrosial, yellow curled,
The God of Day, with unapparent might,
Checking his fiery steeds, that plunge and bite
As if from heaven his Chariot should be hurled.
And on the Clouds a many-tinted band
Of Hours dance round their Leader, grave or gay
As glowing near or in his wake they sway;
While poised above the sun-awakened land
The Morning Star, fair herald of the day,
Hovers, a Cupid, back-blown torch in hand.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001010101 1101100101 0101010111 010010101001 1111010101 0111111 10110011101 111101100111 0101010101 11011110111 1101101111 1101010101 0101110101 1001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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