Analysis of The Voice of the Ancient Bard
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Youth of delight, come hither,
And see the opening morn,
Image of truth new born.
Doubt is fled, & clouds of reason,
Dark disputes & artful teazing.
Folly is an endless maze,
Tangled roots perplex her ways.
How many have fallen there!
They stumble all night over bones of the dead,
And feel they know not what but care,
And wish to lead others, when they should be led.
| Scheme | ABBCDEEFGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 0101001 101111 1111110 101101 1011101 1010101 1101101 11011101101 01111111 01111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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