Analysis of The Voice that Sings
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
The voice that sings across the night
Of long forgotten days and things,
Is there an ear to hear aright
The voice that sings?
It is as when a curfew rings
Melodious in the dying light,
A sound that flies on pulsing wings.
And faded eyes that once were bright
Brim over, as to life it brings
The echo of a dead delight,
The voice that sings.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 01110101 11010101 1111111 0111 11110101 010000101 01111101 01011101 11011111 01010101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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