Analysis of Verses For Pictures

William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)



I am Day; I bring again
Life and glory, Love and pain:
Awake, arise! from death to death
Through me the World’s tale quickeneth.

Spring am I, too soft of heart
Much to speak ere I depart:
Ask the Summer-tide to prove
The abundance of my love.

Summer looked for long am I;
Much shall change or e’er I die.
Prithee take it not amiss
Though I weary thee with bliss.

Laden Autumn here I stand
Worn of heart, and weak of hand:
Nought but rest seems good to me,
Speak the word that sets me free.

I am Winter, that do keep
Longing safe amidst of sleep:
Who shall say if I were dead
What should be remembered?

I am Night: I bring again
Hope of pleasure, rest from pain:
Thoughts unsaid ’twixt Life and Death
My fruitful silence quickeneth.


Scheme ABCC DDXX EEFF GGHH IIXX ABCC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111101 1010101 01011111 110111 1111111 1111101 1010111 0010111 1011111 1111111 111101 1110111 1010111 1110111 1111111 1011111 1110111 1010111 1111101 111010 1111101 1110111 1011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 760
Words 149
Sentences 15
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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