Analysis of Hear the Voice of the Bard

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



Hear the voice of the Bard !
Who present, past, and future sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walked among the ancient trees,

Calling the lapsed soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might control
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen, light renew!

'O Earth, O Earth, return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.

'Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore,
Is given thee till the break of day.'


Scheme XABBA CDCCD XEFFE GHGGH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 101101 11010101 1111 0101 11010101 10011 01000101 1101 0101 01010101 111101 01110101 111 001 101011 10111 111101 0101 01001 110110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 490
Words 94
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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