Analysis of Aperotos Eros
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
Strong as death, and cruel as the grave,
Clothed with cloud and tempest's blackening breath,
Known of death's dread self, whom none outbrave,
Strong as death,
Love, brow-bound with anguish for a wreath,
Fierce with pain, a tyrant-hearted slave,
Burns above a world that groans beneath.
Hath not pity power on thee to save,
Love? hath power no pity? Nought he saith,
Answering: blind he walks as wind or wave,
Strong as death.
| Scheme | abaB cac abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010101 111011001 11111111 111 111110101 111010101 101011101 1110101111 1110110111 1001111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 429 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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