Analysis of A Vision of Rest
Alexander Posey 1873 (Eufaula, Creek Nation, Indian Territory) – 1908 (Oklahoma)
Some day this quest
Shall cease;
Some day,
For aye,
This heart shall rest
In peace.
Sometimes—ofttimes—I almost feel
The calm upon my senses steal,
So soft, and all but hear
The dead leaves rustle near
And sign to be
At rest with me.
Though I behold
The ashen branches tossing to and fro,
Somehow I only vaguely know
The wind is rude and cold.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11 11 11 1111 01 011111 01011101 110111 011101 0111 1111 1101 0101010101 1110101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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