Analysis of Barthelemon At Vauxhall
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Francois Hippolite Barthelemon, first-fiddler at Vauxhall Gardens,
composed what was probably the most popular morning hymn-tune ever
written. It was formerly sung, full-voiced, every Sunday in most
churches, to Bishop Ken's words, but is now seldom heard.
He said: 'Awake my soul, and with the sun,' . . .
And paused upon the bridge, his eyes due east,
Where was emerging like a full-robed priest
The irradiate globe that vouched the dark as done.
It lit his face-the weary face of one
Who in the adjacent gardens charged his string,
Nightly, with many a tuneful tender thing,
Till stars were weak, and dancing hours outrun.
And then were threads of matin music spun
In trial tones as he pursued his way:
'This is a morn,' he murmured, 'well begun:
This strain to Ken will count when I am clay!'
And count it did; till, caught by echoing lyres,
It spread to galleried naves and mighty quires.
Scheme | AXXX BCCB BDDB BEBE AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111001110 011110001100101110 1011100111100101 1011011111101 1101110101 0101011111 1101010111 00101110111 1111010111 10001010111 10110010101 11010101001 010111101 0101110111 1101110101 1111111111 01111111001 111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 884 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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