Analysis of The Poet And The Children
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
WITH a glory of winter sunshine
Over his locks of gray,
In the old historic mansion
He sat on his last birthday;
With his books and his pleasant pictures,
And his household and his kin,
While a sound as of myriads singing
From far and near stole in.
It came from his own fair city,
From the prairie's boundless plain,
From the Golden Gate of sunset,
And the cedarn woods of Maine.
And his heart grew warm within him,
And his moistening eyes grew dim,
For he knew that his country's children
Were singing the songs of him,
The lays of his life's glad morning,
The psalms of his evening time,
Whose echoes shall float forever
On the winds of every clime.
All their beautiful consolations,
Sent forth like birds of cheer,
Came flocking back to his windows,
And sang in the Poet's ear.
Grateful, but solemn and tender,
The music rose and fell
With a joy akin to sadness
And a greeting like farewell.
With a sense of awe he listened
To the voices sweet and young;
The last of earth and the first of heaven
Seemed in the songs they sung.
And waiting a little longer
For the wonderful change to come,
He heard the Summoning Angel,
Who calls God's children home!
And to him in a holier welcome
Was the mystical meaning given
Of the words of the blessed Master
'Of such is the kingdom of heaven!'
Scheme | XABA XCDC XEXE FFBF DXGF XXXX GHXH XIBI GJXX JBGB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (70%) Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 10101101 101111 00101010 111111 111011010 011011 10111110 110110 11111110 1010101 1010111 001111 01111011 011111 111111010 0100111 01111110 0111101 11011010 10111001 11100010 111111 11011110 0100101 10110010 010101 10101110 001011 10111110 1010101 0111001110 100111 01001010 10100111 11010010 111101 0110010010 101001010 10110110 111010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,267 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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