Analysis of There May Be Chaos Still Around the World

George Santayana 1863 (Madrid) – 1952 (Rome)



There may be chaos still around the world,
This little world that in my thinking lies;
For mine own bosom is the paradise
Where all my life's fair visions are unfurled.
Within my nature's shell I slumber curled,
Unmindful of the changing outer skies,
Where now, perchance, some new-born Eros flies,
Or some old Cronos from his throne is hurled.
I heed them not; or if the subtle night
Haunt me with deities I never saw,
I soon mine eyelid's drowsy curtain draw
To hide their myriad faces from my sight.
They threat in vain; the whirlwind cannot awe
A happy snow-flake dancing in the flaw.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111010101 1101101101 111101010 1111110101 0111011101 11010101 1101111101 111111111 1111110101 1111001101 111110101 11110010111 110101101 0101110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 596
Words 108
Sentences 5
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) 106
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Santayana

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known as George Santayana, was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. more…

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