Analysis of Love Is Best
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Dare all things for Love's sake, since love is best,
Of Fate ask nothing, rather by your deeds
Rebuke it for its niggard ways unblest,
And trust to Love to shield you in your needs.
Remember in the shade of the new years
Only what Love has given. This shall be
Daily your dole, a safeguard from your tears,
Outwitting change and Time's inconstancy.
--Knock loudly at Love's door. He is awake.
Offer him roses. 'Tis his month of June.
Watch all his ways. Do worship for his sake.
Seek out his service. He shall serve you soon.
Know this of Love, who fears not Fate's disaster
Answers for both and is of Time the master.
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 1111010111 011111011 0111111011 0100011011 1011110111 101101111 101010100 1101111101 1011011111 1111110111 1111011111 11111111010 10110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 613 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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