Analysis of Waking
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
ABOVE us hangs the jewelled night;
And how her restful cool caresses
Make us forget the weary sight
Of summer’s daily wildernesses!
O aching toil and hope deferred,
The night has made a promise to me;
She whispered, and a wonder stirred,
And still the joy is thrilling through me.
Smooth water, shadow deeply still,
I dare not move, you wait unsleeping
—You share the breathless hopes that fill
The watch my longing soul is keeping.
A fish is leaping in the bay;
The shafts of yellow light are shaking.
O glorious night and happy day,
Beneath my silent heart she’s waking.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGFGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011 010101010 11010101 110101 11010101 011101011 11000101 010111011 1101101 1111111 11010111 011101110 01110001 011101110 110010101 011101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 453 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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