Analysis of Love Lies Bleeding
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
Love lies bleeding in the bed whereover
Roses lean with smiling mouths or pleading:
Earth lies laughing where the sun's dart clove her:
Love lies bleeding.
Stately shine his purple plumes, exceeding
Pride of princes: nor shall maid or lover
Find on earth a fairer sign worth heeding.
Yet may love, sore wounded scarce recover
Strength and spirit again, with life receding:
Hope and joy, wind-winged, about him hover:
Love lies bleeding.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 11100011 1011101110 1110101110 1110 1011101010 1110111110 1110101110 1111101010 10100111010 1011101110 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 439 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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