Analysis of A Fireside Vision
Bliss William Carman 1861 (Fredericton, New Brunswick) – 1929 (New Canaan, Connecticut)
ONCE I walked the world enchanted
Through the scented woods of spring,
Hand in hand with Love, in rapture
Just to hear a bluebird sing.
Now the lonely winds of autumn
Moan about my gusty eaves,
As I sit beside the fire
Listening to the flying leaves.
As the dying embers settle
And the twilight falls apace,
Through the gloom I see a vision
Full of ardor, full of grace.
When the Architect of Beauty
Breathed the lyric soul in man,
Lo, the being that he fashioned
Was of such a mould and plan!
Bravely through the deepening shadows
Moves that figure half divine,
With its tenderness of bearing,
With its dignity of line.
Eyes more wonderful than evening.
With the new moon on the hill,
Mouth with traces of God's humor
In its corners lurking still.
Ah, she smiles, in recollection;
Lays a hand upon my brow;
Rests this head upon Love's bosom!
Surely it is April now!
Scheme | ABCBDECEFGHGIJKJLMBMBNCNHODO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010 1010111 10111010 111011 10101110 1011101 11101010 10010101 10101010 001101 10111010 1110111 1010110 1010101 10101110 1110101 10101001 1110101 11100110 1110011 11100110 1011101 11101110 0110101 1110010 1010111 11101110 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 683 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 159 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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