Analysis of Comfort



SPEAK low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet
From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low
Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so
Who art not missed by any that entreat.
Speak to mo as to Mary at thy feet !
And if no precious gums my hands bestow,
Let my tears drop like amber while I go
In reach of thy divinest voice complete
In humanest affection -- thus, in sooth,
To lose the sense of losing. As a child,
Whose song-bird seeks the wood for evermore
Is sung to in its stead by mother's mouth
Till, sinking on her breast, love-reconciled,
He sleeps the faster that he wept before.


Scheme ABBAABBACDECDE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 1101101 1111010111 111111011 1111110111 0111011101 1111110111 01111101 01010101 1101110101 111101110 1110111101 110101110 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 577
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 449
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 30, 2023

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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