Analysis of Disguises
Thomas Edward Brown 1830 – 1897
High stretched upon the swinging yard,
I gather in the sheet;
But it is hard
And stiff, and one cries haste.
Then He that is most dear in my regard
Of all the crew gives aidance meet;
But from His hands, and from His feet,
A glory spreads wherewith the night is starred:
Moreover of a cup most bitter-sweet
With fragrance as of nard,
And myrrh, and cassia spiced,
He proffers me to taste.
Then I to Him:—‘Art Thou the Christ?’
He saith—‘Thou say’st.’
Like to an ox
That staggers ’neath the mortal blow,
She grinds upon the rocks:—
Then straight and low
Leaps forth the levelled line, and in our quarter locks
The cradle’s rigged; with swerving of the blast
We go,
Our Captain last—
Demands
‘Who fired that shot?’ Each silent stands—
Ah, sweet perplexity!
This too was He.
I have an arbour wherein came a toad
Most hideous to see—
Immediate, seizing staff or goad,
I smote it cruelly.
Then all the place with subtle radiance glowed—
I looked, and it was He!
Scheme | ABACABBABADCDA EFEFEGFGHHII JIJIJI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 110001 1111 010111 1111110101 1101111 11110111 010110111 0101011101 110111 0101001 11111 11111101 1111 1111 11010101 110101 1101 1101010010101 010111101 11 10101 01 110111101 110100 1111 1111001101 110011 010010111 11110 11011101001 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,072 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 12, 6 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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