Analysis of Night
William Wilfred Campbell 1860 (Newmarket) – 1918 (Ottawa)
Home of the pure in heart and tranquil mind,
Temple of love's white silence, holy Night;
Greater than splendid thought or iron might,
Thy lofty peace unswept by any wind
Of human sorrow, leaves all care behind.
Uplifted to the zenith of thy height,
My world-worn spirit drinks thy calm delight,
And, chrysalis-like, lets slip its earthly rind.
The blinded feuds, base passions, and fierce guilt,
Vain pride and falseness that enslaved the day,
Here dwindle and fade with all that mocks and mars;
Where wisdom, awed, walks hushed with lips that pray.
'Neath this high minster, dim, invisible, built,
Vast, walled with deeps of space and roofed with stars.
| Scheme | ABBAABBACDEDCE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010101 1011110101 1011011101 110111101 1101011101 1001010111 1111011101 01001111101 0101110011 110110101 11001111101 1101111111 11110101001 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 649 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 516 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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