Analysis of The Park

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)



The prosperous and beautiful
To me seem not to wear
The yoke of conscience masterful,
Which galls me everywhere.

I cannot shake off the god;
On my neck he makes his seat;
I look at my face in the glass,
My eyes his eye-balls meet.

Enchanters! enchantresses!
Your gold makes you seem wise:
The morning mist within your grounds
More proudly rolls, more softly lies.

Yet spake yon purple mountain,
Yet said yon ancient wood,
That night or day, that love or crime
Lead all souls to the Good.


Scheme ABAB XCDC DEXE XFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01000100 111111 01110100 11110 1101101 1111111 11111001 111111 0101 111111 01010111 11011101 1111010 111101 11111111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 480
Words 91
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 15, 2023

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. more…

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