Analysis of Past and Future.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
MY future will not copy fair my past
On any leaf but Heaven's. Be fully done,
Supernal Will ! I would not fain be one
Who, satisfying thirst and breaking fast
Upon the fulness of the heart, at last
Saith no grace after meat. My wine hath run
Indeed out of my cup, and there is none
To gather up the bread of my repast
Scattered and trampled ! Yet I find some good
In earth's green herbs, and streams that bubble up
Clear from the darkling ground, -- content until
I sit with angels before better food.
Dear Christ ! when thy new vintage fills my cup,
This hand shall shake no more, nor that wine spill.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 11011101101 11111111 110010101 010110111 1111011111 0111110111 110101111 1001011111 0111011101 110111001 1111001101 1111110111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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