Analysis of Fluctuations
Anne Brontë 1820 (Thornton, West Yorkshire) – 1849 (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
What though the sun had left my sky;
To save me from despair
The blessed moon arose on high,
And shone serenely there.
I watched her, with a tearful gaze,
Rise slowly o'er the hill,
While through the dim horizon's haze
Her light gleamed faint and chill.
I thought such wan and lifeless beams
Could ne'er my heart repay,
For the bright sun's most transient gleams
That cheered me through the day:
But as above that mist's control
She rose, and brighter shone,
I felt her light upon my soul;
But now -- that light is gone!
Thick vapours snatched her from my sight,
And I was darkling left,
All in the cold and gloomy night,
Of light and hope bereft:
Until, methought, a little star
Shone forth with trembling ray,
To cheer me with its light afar --
But that, too, passed away.
Anon, an earthly meteor blazed
The gloomy darkness through;
I smiled, yet trembled while I gazed --
But that soon vanished too!
And darker, drearier fell the night
Upon my spirit then; --
But what is that faint struggling light?
Is it the Moon again?
Kind Heaven! increase that silvery gleam,
And bid these clouds depart,
And let her soft celestial beam
Restore my fainting heart!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF GXGX HIHI JFJF KLKL HMHM NONO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 111101 0110111 0101001 11010101 1101001 11010101 011101 11110101 111101 10111101 111101 11011101 110101 11010111 111111 1110111 01111 10010101 110101 0110101 1111001 11111101 111101 11101001 010101 11110111 111101 0101101 011101 111111001 110101 1100111001 011101 01010101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,352 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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