Analysis of At Eventide.
Walter R Cassels 1826 (London, ) – 1907 (London)
The day fades fast;
And backward ebbs the tide of light
From the far hills in billows bright,
Scattering foam, as they sweep past,
O'er the low clouds that bank the sky,
And barrier day off solemnly.
Above the land
Grey shadows stretch out, still and cold,
Flinging o'er water, wood, and wold,
Mysterious shapes, whose ghastly hand
Presses down sorrow on the heart,
And silence on the lips that part.
The dew-mist broods
Heavy and low o'er field and fen,
Like gloom above the souls of men;
And through the forest solitudes
The fitful night-wind rustles by,
Breathing many a wailing sigh--
O Day! O Life!
Ending in gloom together here--
Though not one star of Hope appear,
Still through the cold bleak Future gaze,
That mocks thee with its murky haze;
Soon morn shall end the doubt, the strife,
And give unto thy weeping eyes
The far night-guarded Paradise!
Scheme | ABBACX DEEDFF GHHGCC IXXGGIGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 01010111 10110101 10011111 100111101 010011100 0101 1111101 101010101 010011101 10110101 01010111 0111 100110101 11010111 010101 0101111 10100101 1111 10010101 11111101 11011101 11111101 11110101 01101101 0111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 840 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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