Analysis of In The Cool Of The Evening
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
I thought I heard Him calling. Did you hear
A sound, a little sound? My curious ear
Is dinned with flying noises, and the tree
Goes -- whisper, whisper, whisper silently
Till all its whispers spread into the sound
Of a dull roar. Lie closer to the ground,
The shade is deep and He may pass us by.
We are so very small, and His great eye,
Customed to starry majesties, may gaze
Too wide to spy us hiding in the maze;
Ah, misery! the sun has not yet gone
And we are naked: He will look upon
Our crouching shame, may make us stand upright
Burning in terror -- O that it were night!
He may not come . . . what! listen, list now --
He is here! lie closer . . . Adam, where art thou?
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 01010111001 1111010001 1101010100 1111010101 1011110101 0111011111 1111010111 1110111 1111110001 1100011111 0111011101 10101111101 1001011101 111111011 11111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 685 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 504 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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