Analysis of Epilogue
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
These, to you now, O, more than ever now -
Now that the Ancient Enemy
Has passed, and we, we two that are one, have seen
A piece of perfect Life
Turn to so ravishing a shape of Death
The Arch-Discomforter might well have smiled
In pity and pride,
Even as he bore his lovely and innocent spoil
From those home-kingdoms he left desolate!
Poor windlestraws
On the great, sullen, roaring pool of Time
And Chance and Change, I know!
But they are yours, as I am, till we attain
That end for which me make, we two that are one:
A little, exquisite Ghost
Between us, smiling with the serenest eyes
Seen in this world, and calling, calling still
In that clear voice whose infinite subtleties
Of sweetness, thrilling back across the grave,
Break the poor heart to hear: -
'Come, Dadsie, come!
Mama, how long--how long!'
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Metre | 1111111101 11010100 11011111111 011011 1111000111 0111111 01001 1011111001001 1111011100 11 1011010111 010111 11111111101 11111111111 0101001 011101011 1011010101 01111100100 1101010101 101111 111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 13 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 313 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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