Analysis of Mount Houvenkopf
Joyce Kilmer 1886 (New Brunswick) – 1918 (Seringes-et-Nesles)
Serene he stands, with mist serenely crowned,
And draws a cloak of trees about his breast.
The thunder roars but cannot break his rest
And from his rugged face the tempests bound.
He does not heed the angry lightning's wound,
The raging blizzard is his harmless guest,
And human life is but a passing jest
To him who sees Time spin the years around.
But fragile souls, in skyey reaches find
High vantage-points and view him from afar.
How low he seems to the ascended mind,
How brief he seems where all things endless are;
This little playmate of the mighty wind
This young companion of an ancient star.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
Metre | 01111101001 0101110111 0101110111 011101011 111101011 0101011101 0101110101 1111110101 110101101 1101011101 1111100101 1111111101 110110101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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