Analysis of Night Thoughts 1
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
Have I no future left me?
Is there no struggling ray
From the sun of my life outshining
Down on my darksome way?
Will there no gleam of sunshine
Cast o'er my path its light?
Will there no star of hope rise
Out of this gloom of night?
Have I 'gainst heaven's warnings
Sinfully, madly rushed?
Else why thus were my heart strings severed?
Why was my love-light crushed?
Oh! I have hopes and yearnings—
Hopes that I know are vain
And knowledge robs life of pleasure—
And death of its only pain
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDXD CEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111011 1111001 10111110 11111 111111 1101111 1111111 111111 1111010 1101 111011110 111111 1111010 111111 01011110 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 486 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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