Analysis of Lynton Verses



Sweet breeze that sett'st the summer birds a swaying,
Dear lambs amid the primrose meadows playing
Let me not think!
O floods, upon whose brink
The merry birds are maying,
Dream, softly dream! O blessed mother lead me
Unsevered from thy girdle — lead me! feed me!
I have no will but shine;
I need not but the juice
Of elemental wine—
Perish remoter use
Of strength reserved for conflict yet to come!
Let me be dumb,
As long as I may feel thy hand—
This, this is all—do ye not understand
How the great Mother mixes all our bloods ?
O breeze! O swaying buds!
O lambs, O primroses, O floods!


Scheme AABBACCDEDEFFGGHHH
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101010 110101110 1111 110111 010111 1101111011 111101111 111111 111101 10101 1011 1101110111 1111 11111111 111111101 10110101101 111101 1111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 588
Words 113
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 454
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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