Analysis of To my small Hearth His fire came
To my small Hearth His fire came—
And all my House aglow
Did fan and rock, with sudden light—
'Twas Sunrise—'twas the Sky—
Impanelled from no Summer brief—
With limit of Decay—
'Twas Noon—without the News of Night—
Nay, Nature, it was Day—
| Scheme | XXAX XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | ~Rispetto |
| Metre | 11111101 011101 11011101 11101 111101 110101 11010111 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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