Analysis of The Mysteries Remain
Hilda Doolittle 1886 (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) – 1961 (Zurich)
The mysteries remain,
I keep the same
cycle of seed-time
and of sun and rain;
Demeter in the grass,
I multiply,
renew and bless
Bacchus in the vine;
I hold the law,
I keep the mysteries true,
the first of these
to name the living, dead;
I am the wine and bread.
I keep the law,
I hold the mysteries true,
I am the vine,
the branches, you
and you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010001 1101 10111 01101 010001 110 0101 10001 1101 1101001 0111 110101 110101 1101 1101001 1101 0101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 337 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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