Millennial Harp 4
Day of Wonders
1Day of judg-ment, day of won-ders!
2Hark! the trumpet's aw-ful sound, Loud-er than a
3thousand thunders,shakes the vast cre-a-tion round!
The verse
- Meter
- 19
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 83% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Day of judg-ment, day of won-ders!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘19A
Verse 2
Hark! the trumpet's aw-ful sound, Loud-er than a/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/11A
Verse 3
thousand thunders,shakes the vast cre-a-tion round!/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/11A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.