Analysis of Never Seek to Tell thy Love
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Never seek to tell thy love
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind does move
Silently, invisibly.
I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears--
Ah, she doth depart.
Soon as she was gone from me
A traveller came by
Silently, invisibly--
O, was no deny.
| Scheme | abxC adxd beCe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1011111 1110111 1010111 1001 11111111 110111 10010101 11101 1111111 010011 1001 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
- 18 sec read
- 764 Views
27 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Never Seek to Tell thy Love" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/39129/never-seek-to-tell-thy-love>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this William Blake poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In