Analysis of Hymn to the Sun
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
Giver of glowing light!
Though but a god of other days,
The kings and sages
Of wiser ages
Still live and gladden in thy genial rays!
King of the tuneful lyre,
Still poets' hymns to thee belong;
Though lips are cold
Whereon of old
Thy beams all turn'd to worshipping and song!
Lord of the dreadful bow,
None triumph now for Python's death;
But thou dost save
From hungry grave
The life that hangs upon a summer breath.
Father of rosy day,
No more thy clouds of incense rise;
But waking flow'rs
At morning hours,
Give out their sweets to meet thee in the skies.
God of the Delphic fame,
No more thou listenest to hymns sublime;
But they will leave
On winds at eve,
A solemn echo to the end of time.
Scheme | ABCDBEFGGFHIJJIKLBMLNOPPO |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
Metre | 101101 11011101 01010 11010 1101001101 110101 11011101 1111 111 1111110001 110101 11011101 1111 1101 0111010101 101101 11111011 1101 11010 1111111001 110101 11111101 1111 1111 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 704 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 543 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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