Analysis of The Galaxy
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
Torrent of light and river of the air,
Along whose bed the glimmering stars are seen
Like gold and silver sands in some ravine
Where mountain streams have left their channels bare!
The Spaniard sees in thee the pathway, where
His patron saint descended in the sheen
Of his celestial armor, on serene
And quiet nights, when all the heavens were fair.
Not this I see, nor yet the ancient fable
Of Phaeton's wild course, that scorched the skies
Where'er the hoofs of his hot coursers trod;
But the white drift of worlds o'er chasms of sable,
The star-dust that is whirled aloft and flies
From the invisible chariot-wheels of God.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010101 01110100111 1101010101 1101111101 010101011 1101010001 1101010101 01011101001 11111101010 11111101 100111111 101111101110 0111110101 100100100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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