Analysis of In The Garden IV: The Singer

Edward Dowden 1843 (Cork) – 1913



"THAT was the thrush's last good-night," I thought,
And heard the soft descent of summer rain
In the droop'd garden leaves; but hush! again
The perfect iterance,--freer than unsought
Odours of violets dim in woodland ways,
Deeper than coiled waters laid a-dream
Below moss'd ledges of a shadowy stream,
And faultless as blown roses in June days.
Full-throat'd singer! art thou thus anew
Voiceful to hear how round thyself alone
The enriched silence drops for thy delight
More soft than snow, more sweet than honey-dew?
Now cease: the last faint western streak is gone,
Stir not the blissful quiet of the night.


Scheme ABCADEEDFGHFIH
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111 0101011101 0011011101 00111011 111001011 101110101 01110101001 011110011 1101011101 11111101 0011011101 1111111101 1101110111 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 618
Words 106
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 483
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edward Dowden

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