Analysis of Eva.
Charles Sangster 1822 (Kingston) – 1893
"God bless the darling Eva!" was my prayer.
A pure, unconscious depth of earnestness
Was in her eyes, so indescribable
You might as well the color of the air
Seek to daguerreotype, or to impress
A stain upon the river, whose first swell
Would swirl it to the deep. A calm, sweet soul,
Where Love's celestial saints and ministers
Did hold the earthly under such control
Virtue sprung up like daisies from the sod.
Oh, for one hour's sweet excellence like hers!
One hour of sinlessness, that never more
Can visit me this side the Silent Shore,
To stand, like her, serene, unblushing before God!
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Metre | 1101010111 011011100 100110100 1111010101 1111101 0101010111 1111010111 1101010100 1101010101 1011110101 11110110010 110111101 1101110101 1110011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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