Analysis of Lines
Caroline Carleton 1811 (Middlesex) – 1874 (Matta House, Kadina)
On observing the light of two lamps in the
Town form a Triangle with a conspicuous
Star in the Evening Sky.
Two lights below and one above—
Two lights that lead astray,
And one that points to blissful rest
After life’s feverish day.
False Lights of Earth! that shine to lure
The wayworn traveller on,
Till in some lonely wild he sinks
And lies in darkness down.
Fair star of night! thy friendly ray,
To erring man is given,
The finger-post of Deity
Marking the road to Heaven!
| Scheme | XXX XAXA XXXX ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100111100 11010100100 100101 11010101 111101 01111101 1011001 11111111 011001 10110111 010101 11111101 1101110 01011100 1001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 474 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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