Analysis of To M.L.S.
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
Of all who hail thy presence as the morning-
Of all to whom thine absence is the night-
The blotting utterly from out high heaven
The sacred sun- of all who, weeping, bless thee
Hourly for hope- for life- ah! above all,
For the resurrection of deep-buried faith
In Truth- in Virtue- in Humanity-
Of all who, on Despair's unhallowed bed
Lying down to die, have suddenly arisen
At thy soft-murmured words, "Let there be light!"
At the soft-murmured words that were fulfilled
In the seraphic glancing of thine eyes-
Of all who owe thee most- whose gratitude
Nearest resembles worship- oh, remember
The truest- the most fervently devoted,
And think that these weak lines are written by him-
By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think
His spirit is communing with an angel's.
Scheme | ABCDEFDGCBHIJKLMNI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101010 1111110101 01010011110 01011111011 1011111011 1001011101 0101000100 1111111 101111100010 1111011111 1011011001 00110111 111111110 10010101010 01001100010 01111111011 1111111111 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 605 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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