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 |
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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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