Analysis of Hope Deferred
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
When the weary night is fled,
And the morning sky is red,
Then my heart doth rise and say,
`Surely she will come to-day.'
In the golden blaze of noon,
`Surely she is coming soon.'
In the twilight, `Will she come?'
Then my heart with fear is dumb.
When the night wind in the trees
Plays its mournful melodies,
Then I know my trust is vain,
And she will not come again.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1010111 0010111 1111101 1011111 0010111 1011101 001111 1111111 1011001 1110100 1111111 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 364 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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