Analysis of Love Much
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.
Cast sweets into its cup whene’er you can.
No heart so hard, but love at last may win it.
Love is the great primæval cause of man.
All hate is foreign to the first great plan.
Love much. Your heart will be led out to slaughter,
On altars built of envy and deciet.
Love on, love on! ‘tis bread upon the water;
It shall be cast in loaves yet at your feet,
Unleavened manna, most divinely sweet.
Love much. Your faith will be dethroned and shaken,
Your trust betrayed by many a fair, false lure.
Remount your faith, and let new trusts awaken.
Though clouds obscure them, yet the stars are pure;
Love is a vital force and must endure.
Love much. Men’s souls contract with cold suspicion;
Shine on them with warm love, and they expand.
‘Tis love, not creeds, that from a low condition
Leads mankind up to heights supreme and grand.
Oh that the world could see and understand!
Love much. There is no waste in freely giving;
More blessed is it, even, than to receive.
He who loves much alone finds life worth living:
Love on, through doubt and darkness; and believe
There is no thing which Love may not achieve.
Scheme | ABABB CACDD EFEFF EGEGG HIHII |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110111001 110111111 11111111111 110111111 1111010111 11111111110 110111001 11111101010 1111011111 11010101 11111101010 11011100111 1110111010 1101110111 1101010101 1111111010 1111110101 11111101010 1111110101 110111001 11111101010 1111101101 11110111110 1111010001 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,169 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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