Analysis of A New Hymn for Solitude
Edward Dowden 1843 (Cork) – 1913
I found Thee in my heart, O Lord,
As in some secret shrine;
I knelt, I waited for Thy word,
I joyed to name Thee mine.
I feared to give myself away
To that or this; beside
Thy altar on my face I lay,
And in strong need I cried.
Those hours are past. Thou art not mine,
And therefore I rejoice,
I wait within no holy shrine,
I faint not for the voice.
In Thee we live; and every wind
Of heaven is Thine; blown free
To west, to east, the God unshrined
Is still discovering me.
Scheme | ABXB CDCD BEBE XFAF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11101111 101101 11110111 111111 1111101 111101 11011111 001111 110111111 01101 11011101 111101 011101001 1101111 1111011 1101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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