Analysis of The Radiant Dark
George Eliot 1819 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) – 1880 (Chelsea, London)
Should I long that dark were fair? Say, O song.
Lacks my love aught that I should long?
Dark the night with breath all flow'rs
And tender broken voice that fills
With ravishment the list'ning hours.
Whis'prings, wooings,
Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings,
in low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills.
Dark the night, yet is she bright,
For in her dark she brings the mystic star,
Trembling yet strong as is the voice of love
From some unknown afar.
O radiant dark, O darkly foster'd ray,
Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow day.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101111 11111111 1011111 01010111 1101110 11 101001111 0111011101 1011111 1001110101 10011110111 110101 11001110101 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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