Analysis of Collegiate Church, Manchester
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
DIM, thro’ the sculptured aisles the sun-beam falls
More like a dream
Of some imagined beam,
Than actual daylight over mortal walls.
A strain of music like the rushing wind,
But deep and sweet
As when the waters meet,
In one mysterious harmony combined.
So swells the mighty organ, rich and full,
As if it were the soul
Which raised the glorious whole,
Of that fair building vast and wonderful.
Doth not the spirit feel its influence,
All vain and feverish care,
All thoughts that worldly are,
Strife, tumult, mirth, and fear are vanished hence.
The world is put aside, within the heart
Those hopes arise
Thrice sacred mysteries,
In which our earthly nature has no part.
Oh, Christian Fane, the soul expands in thee,
Thine altar and thy tomb
Speak of the hope and doom,
Which leads and cheers man to eternity.
Scheme | ABBA CDDC XEEX XXXX FXXF GHHG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1101010111 1101 110101 1100110101 0111010101 1101 110101 01010010001 1101010101 111001 1101001 1111010100 1101011100 1101001 111101 1101011101 0111010101 1101 110100 01101010111 1101010101 110011 110101 1101110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 788 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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