Analysis of The West A Glimmering Lake Of Light
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
The West a glimmering lake of light,
A dream of pearly weather,
The first of stars is burning white -
The star we watch together.
Is April dead? The unresting year
Will shape us our September,
And April's work is done, my dear -
Do you not remember?
O gracious eve! O happy star,
Still-flashing, glowing, sinking! -
Who lives of lovers near or far
So glad as I in thinking?
The gallant world is warm and green,
For May fulfils November.
When lights and leaves and loves have been,
Sweet, will you remember?
O star benignant and serene,
I take the good to-morrow,
That fills from verge to verge my dream,
With all its joy and sorrow!
The old, sweet spell is unforgot
That turns to June December;
And, tho' the world remembered not,
Love, we would remember.
Scheme | ABABCBCB DEDEFBXB FGXGABXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010100111 0111010 01111101 0111010 1101011 11110010 01011111 111010 11011101 1101010 11110111 1111010 01011101 111010 11010111 111010 111001 1101110 11111111 1111010 011111 1111010 01010101 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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