Analysis of An Evening Song.
Sidney Lanier 1842 (Macon) – 1881 (Lynn)
Look off, dear Love, across the sallow sands,
And mark yon meeting of the sun and sea,
How long they kiss in sight of all the lands.
Ah! longer, longer, we.
Now in the sea's red vintage melts the sun,
As Egypt's pearl dissolved in rosy wine,
And Cleopatra night drinks all. 'Tis done,
Love, lay thine hand in mine.
Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort heaven's heart;
Glimmer, ye waves, round else unlighted sands.
O night! divorce our sun and sky apart
Never our lips, our hands.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 111101011 0111010101 1111011101 110101 1001110101 1101010101 001011111 111101 1111010101 10111111 11011010101 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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