Analysis of The Solace Of Eternity
THE SOLACE OF ETERNITY
To see the sadness in the sun,
The solace of eternity;
To know, a singular distress
Is unimportant, as the day
Rises with comfortable beams,
Impressing continuity,
Enough to pause distress, until
Eyes blinded for a moment, ease
The mind, reflecting on the cause
Of sorrow; being so upset,
Makes reason happily reject
Such lamentation; now to say
How insignificant it is,
One person’s woe compared to such
A ball of fire. Remember this,
The world, the universe, has more
Expansive destiny than one
Poor man or woman can conceive:
Eternal vastness is supreme;
Nor any thought or mood we have
Cannot last longer, and expires.
Then, what we think should lesser be,
Than our sole function, justifies
Self-knowledge and capacity:
The solemn duty must be kept,
To register a greater thing
Than us, though unintelligent,
Incapable of thought; this star
Shines diligently, every day,
Without complaint, without delay.
Scheme | A bAxcxaxxxxxcxxxxbxxxxaxaxxaxcc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010100 11010001 01010100 11010001 10010101 10110001 0100100 01110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010001 11111 1010011 11010111 011100101 0101011 01010011 11110101 01010101 11011111 101100010 11111101 11011010 11000100 01010111 11000101 1111 01001111 110001001 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 979 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 30 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 372 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
About this poem
This is a pun on "sol" in "solace" as the Sun, which lasts longer than any human sorrow can.
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Written on May 07, 2021
Submitted by petergartner on September 02, 2023
Modified by petergartner on September 02, 2023
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