Analysis of Nepenthe

George Darley 1795 (Dublin) – 1846 (London)



O BLEST unfabled Incense Tree,
That burns in glorious Araby,
With red scent chalicing the air,
Till earth-life grow Elysian there!

Half buried to her flaming breast
In this bright tree she makes her nest,
Hundred-sunned Phœnix! when she must
Crumble at length to hoary dust;

Her gorgeous death-bed, her rich pyre
Burnt up with aromatic fire;
Her urn, sight-high from spoiler men,
Her birthplace when self-born again.

The mountainless green wilds among,
Here ends she her unechoing song:
With amber tears and odorous sighs
Mourned by the desert where she dies.


Scheme XXAA BBCC DDEE XXFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 111011 1101001 111101 111111 11010101 01111101 101111111 10111101 010110110 11101010 01111101 0111101 011101 111011 110101001 11010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 568
Words 94
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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