Analysis of The Light of Exile
Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)
Tell me, what is Exile’s light?
Is it candles burning bright,
Little candles in the night?
Exile’s light is this old man.
Ere the morning he began
Israel’s holy page to scan.
And he teaches from this page
Israel’s law in every age:
Exile’s light is Israel’s sage.
| Scheme | AAA BBB CCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triplet |
| Metre | 111111 1110101 1010001 111111 1010101 110111 0110111 1101001 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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