Analysis of Modern Love XXIV: The Misery Is Greater
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
The misery is greater, as I live!
To know her flesh so pure, so keen her sense,
That she does penance now for no offence,
Save against Love. The less can I forgive!
The less can I forgive, though I adore
That cruel lovely pallor which surrounds
Her footsteps; and the low vibrating sounds
That come on me, as from a magic shore.
Low are they, but most subtle to find out
The shrinking soul. Madam, 'tis understood
When women play upon their womanhood;
It means, a Season gone. And yet I doubt
But I am duped. That nun-like look waylays
My fancy. Oh! I do but wait a sign!
Pluck out the eyes of pride! thy mouth to mine!
Never! though I die thirsting. Go thy ways!
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Metre | 0100110111 1101111101 111101111 1011011101 0111011101 110101101 010011001 1111110101 1111110111 010110101 110101110 1101010111 111111111 1101111101 1101111111 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 671 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 508 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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