Analysis of The Fugitive Ideal
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
As some most pure and noble face,
Seen in the thronged and hurrying street,
Sheds o'er the world a sudden grace,
A flying odour sweet,
Then, passing, leaves the cheated sense
Baulked with a phantom excellence;
So, on our soul the visions rise
Of that fair life we never led:
They flash a splendour past our eyes,
We start, and they are fled:
They pass, and leave us with blank gaze,
Resigned to our ignoble days.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 100101001 110010101 01011 11010101 11010100 111010101 11111101 11011101 110111 11011111 011100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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