Analysis of Alone With Nature
W. M. MacKeracher 1871 – 1913
The rain came suddenly, and to the shore
I paddled, and took refuge in the wood,
And, leaning on my paddle, there I stood
In mild contentment watching the downpour,
Feeling as oft I have felt heretofore,
Rooted in nature, that supremest mood
When all the strength, the peace, of solitude,
Sink into and pervade the being's core.
And I have thought, if man could but abate
His need of human fellowship, and find
Himself through Nature, healing with her balm
The world's sharp wounds, and growing in her state,
What might and greatness, majesty of mind,
Sublimity of soul and Godlike calm!
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Metre | 0111000101 1100110001 0101110111 0101010010 101111101 10010111 110101110 1010010101 0111111101 111101001 0111010101 0111010001 1101010011 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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