Analysis of Midnight
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
The air is dark and fragrant
With memories of a shower,
And sanctified with stillness
By this most holy hour.
The leaves forget to whisper
Of soft and secret things,
And every bird is silent,
With folded eyes and wings.
O blessed hour of midnight,
Of sleep and of release,
Thou yieldest to the toiler
The wages of thy peace.
And I, who have not laboured,
Nor borne the heat of noon,
Receive thy tranquil quiet -
An undeserved boon.
Yes, truly God is gracious,
Who makes His sun to shine
Upon the good and evil,
And idle lives like mine.
Upon the just and unjust
He sends His rain to fall,
And gives this hour of blessing
Freely alike to all.
Scheme | ABCB BDAD XEBE AFXF CGXG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0111010 11001010 01110 1111010 0101110 110101 01001110 110101 111011 110101 11101 010111 011111 110111 0111010 1011 1101110 111111 0101010 010111 0101001 111111 01110110 100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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