Analysis of Deniehy’s Dream
Henry Kendall 1839 (Australia) – 1882 (Sydney)
JUST when the western light
Flickered out dim,
Flushing the mountain-side,
Summit and rim,
A last, low, lingering gleam
Fell on a yellow stream,
And then there came a dream
Shining to him.
Splendours miraculous
Mixed with his pain
All like a vision of
Radiance and rain!
He faced the sea, the skies,
Old star-like thoughts did rise;
But tears were in his eyes,
Stifled in vain.
Infinite tokens of
Sorrows set free
Came in the dreaming wind
Far from the sea!
Past years about him trooped,
Fair phantoms round him stooped,
Sweet faces o’er him drooped
Sad as could be!
“This is our brother now:
Sisters, deplore
Man without purpose, like
Ship without shore!
He tracks false fire,” one said,
“But weep you—he must tread
Whereto he may be led—
Lost evermore.”
“Look,” said another,
“Summit and slope
Burn, in the mountain-land—
Basement and cope!
Till daylight, dying dim,
Faints on the world’s red rim,
We’ll tint this Dream for him
Even—with hope!”
Scheme | XAXABBBA XCDCEEEC DFXFGGGF XHXHIIIH XJXJAAAJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 110101 1011 100101 1001 0111001 110101 011101 1011 10100 1111 110101 10001 110101 111111 110011 1001 100101 1011 100101 1101 110111 110111 110111 1111 1110101 1001 101101 1011 1111011 111111 11111 110 11010 1001 100101 1001 11101 110111 111111 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 945 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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