Analysis of When My Soul Findeth Wings
Libbie C. Baer 1849 (Bethel, Ohio) – 1929 (Bethel, Ohio)
Like roses the bright dream did pass,
On swift, noiseless footsteps away;
Like glistening dew on the grass,
Dissolving beneath the sun’s ray.
Like voice of the lark that doth soar,
Through the golden haze of the dawn;
You hear it and bend to adore,
Just hear it and then it is gone.
The lark on his swift, flashing wings,
Keeps pace with the flowers in their flight;
And that’s why when soaring he sings,
And passes so swiftly from sight.
I slept, and a vision did see,
Of eyes that were tender and blue;
I awoke to know that for me
The vision may never come true.
The lark soars no more in the skies,
He’s gone with the roses and dew;
The face with the soft tender eyes,
Comes never to gladden my view.
My memory holds images fair,
Of all these beautiful things;
Which I will be seeking somewhere,
When my soul, as lark, findeth wings.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IHIH JEJE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001111 111101 11001101 01001011 11101111 10101101 11101101 11101111 01111101 111010011 01111011 01011011 11001011 11101001 10111111 01011011 01111001 11101001 01101101 11011011 110011001 1111001 1111101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 890 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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