Analysis of Rest
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;
Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth
With its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs.
She hath no questions, she hath no replies,
Hush'd in and curtain'd with a blessed dearth
Of all that irk'd her from the hour of birth;
With stillness that is almost Paradise.
Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her,
Silence more musical than any song;
Even her very heart has ceased to stir:
Until the morning of Eternity
Her rest shall not begin nor end, but be;
And when she wakes she will not think it long.
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Metre | 1111000101 1011101101 1101011111 1111011111 1111011101 10011011 11110101011 11011110 10111110 1011001101 1001011111 0101010100 0111011111 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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