Analysis of Suggested by a Mountain Eagle.
I gazed at the azure-hued mantle of heaven,
The measureless depths of ethereal space;
I gazed at the clouds, so invisibly driven,
And an eagle, which wheeled with symmetrical grace.
I gazed at that eagle, majestically wheeling,
With dignity, born of the free mountain air;
I envied that bird, with an envious feeling
Which springs from a heart that is shackled with care.
I envied that eagle, which bowed to no master,
But soared at his will, through the ambient skies,
Defiant of danger, and scorning disaster,
He screamed at the cliffs, which re-echoed his cries.
I envied that bird, on that fair summer morning,
When nature lay decked with spontaneous art,
As he circled, with aspect defiant and scorning,
And perched on a pinnacle's loftiest part.
And scanning the scene with a stern indecision,
He spread his dark wings, with intuitive cries,
And sped, till acute and inquisitive vision
Discerned but a movable speck in the skies.
When the shades of the evening, so listless and dreary,
Descend on the valley, his wing never flags,
As through the dark shadows he soars to his eyerie,
Which nestles among the impregnable crags.
Ah! fain would I rise on thy feathery pinions,
Above the material cares of the day,
And float over earth's most enchanting dominions,
As clouds, by the zephyrs, are wafted away!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG AFAF XXDB BHBH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111010110110 011101001 111011110 011011101001 1111100100010 11001101101 110111110010 11101111011 110110111110 11111101001 01011001010 11101111011 110111111010 11011101001 11101101001 011010011 010011010010 11111101001 011010010010 01101001001 1011010110010 01101011101 1101111111 11001001001 11111111001 01001001101 0110110101 11101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,442 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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