Analysis of The Visionary
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Silent is the house: all are laid asleep:
One alone looks out o’er the snow-wreaths deep,
Watching every cloud, dreading every breeze
That whirls the wildering drift, and bends the groaning trees.
Cheerful is the hearth, soft the matted floor;
Not one shivering gust creeps through pane or door;
The little lamp burns straight, its rays shoot strong and far:
I trim it well, to be the wanderer’s guiding-star.
Frown, my haughty sire! chide, my angry dame!
Set your slaves to spy; threaten me with shame:
But neither sire nor dame nor prying serf shall know,
What angel nightly tracks that waste of frozen snow.
What I love shall come like visitant of air,
Safe in secret power from lurking human snare;
What loves me, no word of mine shall e’er betray,
Though for faith unstained my life must forfeit pay.
Burn, then, little lamp; glimmer straight and clear—
Hush! a rustling wing stirs, methinks, the air:
He for whom I wait, thus ever comes to me;
Strange Power! I trust thy might; trust thou my constancy.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH XGII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1010111101 1011110111 101001101001 11011010101 101011011 11100111111 010111111101 1111110100101 11101011101 1111110111 1101011110111 110101111101 111111111 101010110101 11111111101 11101111101 1110110101 101011101 11111110111 1101111111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,068 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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