Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 121. Sad Hesper o'er the buried sun



Sad Hesper o'er the buried sun
        And ready, thou, to die with him,
        Thou watchest all things ever dim
    And dimmer, and a glory done:
    The team is loosen'd from the wain,
        The boat is drawn upon the shore;
        Thou listenest to the closing door,
    And life is darken'd in the brain.
    Bright Phosphor, fresher for the night,
       By thee the world's great work is heard
       Beginning, and the wakeful bird;
   Behind thee comes the greater light:

The market boat is on the stream,
       And voices hail it from the brink;
       Thou hear'st the village hammer clink,
   And see'st the moving of the team.

Sweet Hesper-Phosphor, double name
       For what is one, the first, the last,
       Thou, like my present and my past,
   Thy place is changed; thou art the same.


Scheme ABBACDDCEFFE GHHG IJJI
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 110100101 01011111 1111101 01000101 01110101 01110101 1110101 01110001 1110101 11011111 0100011 01110101 01011101 01011101 111010101 011010101 1101101 11110101 11110011 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 805
Words 133
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 12, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 183
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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