Analysis of Day is dying
George Eliot 1819 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) – 1880 (Chelsea, London)
Day is dying! Float, o song,
Down the westward river,
Requiem chanting to the Day,
Day, the mighty giver!
Pierced by shafts of Time he bleeds,
Melted rubies sending
Through the river and the sky,
Earth and heaven blending.
All the long-drawn earthy banks
Up to cloudland lifting:
Slow between them drifts the swan
'Twixt two heavens drifting,
Wings half open like a flower.
In by deeper flushing,
Neck and breast as virgin's pure
Virgin proudly blushing.
Day is dying! Float, o swan,
Down the ruby river,
Follow, song, in requiem
To the mighty Giver!
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XBCB ABXB CAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110111 101010 10010101 101010 1111111 101010 1010001 101010 1011101 11110 1011101 111010 11101010 011010 1011101 101010 1110111 101010 1010100 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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