Analysis of Hymn Sung At The Consecration Of Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
Henry Timrod 1828 (Charleston) – 1867 (Columbia)
Whose was the hand that painted thee, O Death!
In the false aspect of a ruthless foe,
Despair and sorrow waiting on thy breath --
O gentle Power! who could have wronged thee so?
Thou rather shouldst be crowned with fadeless flowers,
Of lasting fragrance and celestial hue;
Or be thy couch amid funereal bowers,
But let the stars and sunlight sparkle through.
So, with these thoughts before us, we have fixed
And beautified, O Death! thy mansion here,
Where gloom and gladness -- grave and garden -- mixed,
Make it a place to love, and not to fear.
Heaven! shed thy most propitious dews around!
Ye holy stars! look down with tender eyes,
And gild and guard and consecrate the ground
Where we may rest, and whence we pray to rise.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1101110111 001110101 0101010111 11010111111 1101111110 1101000101 111101110 110101101 1111011111 01111101 110110101 1101110111 10111010101 1101111101 010101001 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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