Analysis of Forgiveness
Muriel Stuart 1885 – 1967
ASK not my pardon! For if one hath need
Once to forgive the god that he hath raised,
No further creed
Can that god give; but 'neath the soul who praised
Lies bruisèd like a reed.
Let your dark plume, in passing leave a stain
On my plume's whiteness: call you bitter, sweet:
Give plague, or pain:
But cringe not, fallen and fawning at my feet,
By that to rise again.
No! go your wild and mad way, and seem at least
The god you were . . . assume your aureole:
Make me no priest
To wash hands in the waters of your soul,
Before I go to feast!
Scheme | ABABA CDCDX EFEFE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1111011111 1101011111 1101 1111110111 111101 1111010101 1111011101 1111 11110010111 111101 11110110111 0110011100 1111 1110010111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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