Analysis of Twilight
James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854
I love thee, Twilight! as thy shadows roll,
The calm of evening steals upon my soul,
Sublimely tender, solemnly serene,
Still as the hour, enchanting as the scene.
I love thee, Twilight! for thy gleams impart
Their dear, their dying influence to my heart.
When o'er the harp of thought thy passing wind
Awakens all the music of the mind,
And joy and sorrow, as the spirit burns,
And hope and memory sweep the chords by turns
While contemplation, on seraphic wings,
Mounts with the flame of sacrifice, and sings.
Twilight! I love thee; let thy glooms increase,
Till every feeling, every pulse, is peace.
Slow from the sky the light of day declines,
Clearer within, the dawn of glory shines,
Revealing, in the hour of nature's rest,
A world of wonders in the poet's breast;
Deeper, O Twilight! then thy shadows roll, -
An awful vision opens on my soul.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 0111010111 11010001 11010010101 111111101 11110100111 11001111101 0101010101 0101010101 01010010111 1010111 110111001 111111101 110010100111 1101011101 1001011101 01000101101 0111000101 10111111 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 840 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 661 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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