Analysis of Because My Faltering Feet
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
Because my faltering feet may fail to dare
The first descendant of the steps of Hell
Give me the Word in time that triumphs there.
I too must pass into the misty hollow
Where all our living laughter stops: and hark!
The tiny stuffless voices of the dark
Have called me, called me, till I needs must follow:
Give me the Word and I'll attempt it well.
Say it's the little winking of an eye
Which in that issue is uncurtained quite;
A little sleep that helpsa moment by
Between the thin dawn and the large daylight.
Ah! tell me more than yet was hoped of men;
Swear that's true now, and I'll believe it then.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110011111 0101010111 1101011101 11110101010 11101010101 010110101 11111111110 1101010111 1101010111 10110111 010111101 010110011 1111111111 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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