Analysis of Hope.
Joseph Rodman Drake 1795 (New York City) – 1820 (New York City)
See through yon cloud that rolls in wrath,
One little star benignant peep,
To light along their trackless path
The wanderers of the stormy deep.
And thus, oh Hope! thy lovely form
In sorrow's gloomy night shall be
The sun that looks through cloud and storm
Upon a dark and moonless sea.
When heaven is all serene and fair,
Full many a brighter gem we meet;
'Tis when the tempest hovers there,
Thy beam is most divinely sweet.
The rainbow, when the sun declines,
Like faithless friend will disappear;
Thy light, dear star! more brightly shines
When all is wail and weeping here.
And though Aurora's stealing beam
May wake a morning of delight,
'Tis only thy consoling beam
Will smile amid affliction's night.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111101 110111 1101111 010010101 01111101 0110111 01111101 0101011 110110101 110010111 11010101 11110101 0110101 111101 11111101 11110101 011101 11010101 11010101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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