Analysis of The Song of a Man Who has Come Through
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!
A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.
If only I let it bear me, carry me, if only it carry me!
If only I am sensitive, subtle, oh, delicate, a winged gift!
If only, most lovely of all, I yield myself and am borrowed
By the fine, fine wind that takes its course though the chaos of the world
Like a fine, and exquisite chisel, a wedge-blade inserted;
If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a wedge
Diven by invisible split, we shall come at the wonder, we shall find the Hesperides.
Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul,
I would be a good fountain, a good well-head,
Would blur no whisper, spoil no expression.
What is the knocking?
What is the knocking at the door in the night?
It's somebody wants to do us harm.
No, no, it is the three strange angels.
Admit them, admit them.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011111 0111100101011 110111111011101101 11011100101100011 11011011111011 1011111111010101 101010010011010 110111011011101 10101001111101011101 110101100111 11101100111 1111011010 11010 11010101001 11011111 111101110 011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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