Analysis of Sunset
Archibald Lampman 1861 (Upper Canada) – 1899 (Ottawa, Canada)
From this windy bridge at rest,
In some former curious hour,
We have watched the city's hue,
All along the orange west,
Cupola and pointed tower,
Darken into solid blue.
Tho' the biting north wind breaks
Full across this drifted hold,
Let us stand with iced cheeks
Watching westward as of old;
Past the violet mountain-head
To the farthest fringe of pine,
Where far off the purple-red
Narrows to a dusky line,
And the last pale splendours die
Slowly from the olive sky;
Till the thin clouds wear away
Into threads of purple-gray,
And the sudden stars between
Brighten in the pallid green;
Till above the spacious east,
Slow returned one by one,
Like pale prisoners released
From the dungeons of the sun,
Capella and her train appear
In the glittering Charioteer;
Till the rounded moon shall grow
Great above the eastern snow,
Shining into burnished gold;
And the silver earth outrolled,
In the misty yellow light,
Shall take on the width of night.
Scheme | ABCABC XDXD EFEFGG HHII JKJKXB LLDAMM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 011010010 1110101 1010101 01001010 1001101 1010111 1011101 111111 1010111 10100101 1010111 1110101 101011 001111 1010101 1011101 0111101 0010101 1000101 1010101 101111 1110001 1010101 01000101 001001 1010111 1010101 1001101 001011 0010101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 924 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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