Analysis of The Spectrum
William Cosmo Monkhouse 1840 (London) – 1901
HOW many colors here do we see set,
Like rings upon God’s finger? Some say three,
Some four, some six, some seven. All agree
To left of red, to right of violet,
Waits darkness deep as night and black as jet.
And so we know what Noah saw we see,
Nor less nor more—of God’s emblazonry
A shred—a sign of glory known not yet.
If red can glide to yellow, green to blue,
What joys may yet await our wider eyes
When we rewake upon a wider shore!
What deep pulsations, exquisite and new!
What keener, swifter raptures may surprise
Men born to see the rainbow and no more!
Scheme | ABBXA BBACDECDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011111 1101110111 1111110101 1111111100 1101110111 0111110111 1111111 0101110111 1111110111 11110110101 111010101 11110001 110101101 111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 9 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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