Analysis of The Angel

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



I dreamt a dream!  What can it mean?
 And that I was a maiden Queen
 Guarded by an Angel mild:
 Witless woe was ne'er beguiled!

And I wept both night and day,
 And he wiped my tears away;
 And I wept both day and night,
 And hid from him my heart's delight.

So he took his wings, and fled;
 Then the morn blushed rosy red.
 I dried my tears, and armed my fears
 With ten-thousand shields and spears.

Soon my Angel came again;
 I was armed, he came in vain;
 For the time of youth was fled,
 And grey hairs were on my head.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF XXEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11011111 01110101 1011101 1011101 0111101 0111101 0111101 01111101 1111101 1011101 11110111 1110101 1110101 1111101 1011111 0110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 521
Words 106
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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