Analysis of At the Mid Hour of Night

Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)



At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly
To the lone vale we loved, when life shone warm in thine eye;
And I think oft, if spirits can steal from the regions of air,
To revisit past scenes of delight, thou wilt come to me there,
And tell me our love is remember'd, even in the sky.

Then I sing the wild song 'twas once such pleasure to hear!
When our voices commingling breathed, like one, on the ear;
And, as Echo far off through the vale my said orison rolls,
I think, oh my love! 'tis thy voice from the Kingdom of Souls,
Faintly answering still the notes that once were so dear.


Scheme AABBA CCDDX
Poetic Form
Metre 10110111111011 1011111111011 011111011101011 101011101111111 011101101010001 1110111111011 110100100111101 0110111011111 11111111101011 1010010111011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 604
Words 120
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 229
Words per stanza (avg) 59
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer more…

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