Analysis of A Haunted Room.
John Milton Hay 1838 (Salem, Indiana) – 1905 ( Newbury, New Hampshire)
In the dim chamber whence but yesterday
Passed my beloved, filled with awe I stand;
And haunting Loves fluttering on every hand
Whisper her praises who is far away.
A thousand delicate fancies glance and play
On every object which her robes have fanned,
And tenderest thoughts and hopes bloom and expand
In the sweet memory of her beauty's ray.
Ah! could that glass but hold the faintest trace
Of all the loveliness once mirrored there,
The clustering glory of the shadowy hair
That framed so well the dear young angel face!
But no, it shows my own face, full of care,
And my heart is her beauty's dwelling place.
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Metre | 001101110 110111111 010110011001 1001011101 01010010101 11001010111 011011001 0011001011 1111110101 11011101 010010101001 1111011101 1111111111 011101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 11, 2023
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