Analysis of Our Souls Have Touched Each Other
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Our souls have touched each other,
Two fountains from one jet;
Like children of one mother
Our leaping thoughts have met.
We were as far asunder
As green isles in the sea;
And now we ask in wonder
How that could ever be.
I dare not call thee lover
Nor any earthly name,
Though love's full cup flows over
As water quick with flame.
When two strong minds have mated
As only spirits may,
The wold shines new created
In a diviner day.
Yea, though hard fate may sever
My fleeting self from thine,
Thy thought will live for ever
And ever grow in mine.
Scheme | ABAB ACAC ADAD XEXE AFAF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111110 110111 1101110 1010111 1011010 111001 0111010 111101 1111110 110101 1111110 110111 1111110 110101 0111010 0011 1111110 110111 1111110 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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