Analysis of Winter Evening At Home
William Lisle Bowles 1762 (King's Sutton) – 1850
Fair Moon, that at the chilly day's decline
Of sharp December through my cottage pane
Dost lovely look, smiling, though in thy wane!
In thought, to scenes, serene and still as thine,
Wanders my heart, whilst I by turns survey
Thee slowly wheeling on thy evening way;
And this my fire, whose dim, unequal light,
Just glimmering, bids each shadowy image fall
Sombrous and strange upon the darkening wall,
Ere the clear tapers chase the deepening night!
Yet thy still orb, seen through the freezing haze,
Shines calm and clear without; and whilst I gaze,
I think, around me in this twilight room,
I but remark mortality's sad gloom;
Whilst hope and joy cloudless and soft appear,
In the sweet beam that lights thy distant sphere.
Scheme | ABBACCDEEDFFGGHH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1101011101 1101101011 0111010111 1011111101 1101011101 01110110101 110011100101 1010101001 10110101001 1111110101 1101010111 110110111 1101111 1101100101 0011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 575 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 39 sec read
- 61 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Winter Evening At Home" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/40984/winter-evening-at-home>.
Discuss this William Lisle Bowles poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In