Analysis of Alea Jacta
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Dearest, I know thee wise and good,
Beloved by all the best;
With fancy like Ithuriel's spear,
A judgment proof 'gainst rage or fear,
Heart firm through many a stormy year,
And conscience calm in rest.
Why should I let my wayward feet
Cross the fair threshold of thy life?
My hopes and cares of little worth
Drag down thy heavenlier part to earth,
And, like strange discord marring mirth,
Fill thy sweet soul with strife?
But though such fears will cloud my brain,
Nay, though stern Time their truth should prove,
Yet none the less I bid thee take
My life into thine own, forsake
Thy high heart, bid it beat and break,
Like mine, but, like mine, love!
Scheme | XABBBA XCDDDC XXEEEX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 011101 110111 01011111 111100101 010101 11111101 1011111 11011101 1111111 01110101 111111 11111111 11111111 11011111 11011101 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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