Analysis of The Snapped Thread
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Desire, first, by a natural miracle
United bodies, united hearts, blazed beauty;
Transcended bodies, transcended hearts.
Two souls, now unalterably one
In whole love always and for ever,
Soar out of twilight, through upper air,
Let fall their sensous burden.
Is it kind, though, is it honest even,
To consort with none but spirits-
Leaving true-wedded hearts like ours
In enforced night-long separation,
Each to its random bodily inclination,
The thread of miracle snapped?
| Scheme | XXX AXXA XXXAAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110100100 010100101110 010100101 111010001 01110110 11111101 111110 1111111010 10111110 101101110 00111010 11110100010 0111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 469 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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