Analysis of After-Song
Richard Watson Gilder 1844 (Bordentown) – 1909
THROUGH love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!
From darkness and from sorrow of the night
To morning that comes singing o’er the sea.
Through love to light! Through light, O God, to thee,
Who art the love of love, the eternal light of light!
| Scheme | AABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
| Metre | 1111110001 1111010011 1100110101 1101110101 1111111111 1101110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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