Analysis of How Dear to Me the Hour
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
How dear to me the hour when daylight dies,
And sunbeams melt along the silent sea,
For then sweet dreams of other days arise,
And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee.
And, as I watch the line of light, that plays
Along the smooth wave toward the burning west,
I long to tread that golden path of rays,
And think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111010111 011010101 1111110101 01001010111 0111011111 01011010101 1111110111 0111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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