Analysis of The Way That Lovers Use

Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)



The Way that lovers use is this;
They bow, catch hands, with never a word,
And their lips meet, and they do kiss,
—So I have heard.

They queerly find some healing so,
And strange attainment in the touch;
There is a secret lovers know,
—I have read as much.

And theirs no longer joy nor smart,
Changing or ending, night or day;
But mouth to mouth, and heart on heart,
—So lovers say.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 01110111 111111001 01110111 1111 1111101 01010001 11010101 11111 01110111 10110111 11110111 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 393
Words 76
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 30, 2023

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Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". more…

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