Analysis of Ultima Thule: My Cathedral
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Like two cathedral towers these stately pines
Uplift their fretted summits tipped with cones;
The arch beneath them is not built with stones,
Not Art but Nature traced these lovely lines,
And carved this graceful arabesque of vines;
No organ but the wind here sighs and moans,
No sepulchre conceals a martyr's bones.
No marble bishop on his tomb reclines.
Enter! the pavement, carpeted with leaves,
Gives back a softened echo to thy tread!
Listen! the choir is singing; all the birds,
In leafy galleries beneath the eaves,
Are singing! listen, ere the sound be fled,
And learn there may be worship with out words.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101101 1011010111 0101111111 1111011101 01110111 1101011101 1101011 1101011101 1001010011 1101010111 10010110101 0101000101 1101010111 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 489 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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