Analysis of The Happiest Day, the Happiest Hour
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
The happiest day- the happiest hour
My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
I feel hath flown.
Of power! said I? yes! such I ween;
But they have vanish'd long, alas!
The visions of my youth have been-
But let them pass.
And, pride, what have I now with thee?
Another brow may even inherit
The venom thou hast pour'd on me
Be still, my spirit!
The happiest day- the happiest hour
Mine eyes shall see- have ever seen,
The brightest glance of pride and power,
I feel- have been:
But were that hope of pride and power
Now offer'd with the pain
Even then I felt- that brightest hour
I would not live again:
For on its wing was dark alloy,
And, as it flutter'd- fell
An essence- powerful to destroy
A soul that knew it well.
Scheme | Abab bcdc efef Axad axax ghgh |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01001010010 11010111 010111010 1111 110111111 11110101 01011111 1111 01111111 0101110010 01011111 11110 01001010010 11111101 010111010 1111 101111010 110101 1011111010 111101 1111111 011101 110100101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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