Analysis of Hearts First Word. I.
Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)
To sweeten a swift minute so
With such rare fragrance of sweet speech,
And make the after hours go
In a blank yearning each on each ;
To drain the springs till they be dry,
And then in anguish thirst for drink ;
So but to glimpse her robe thirst I,
And my soul hungers and I sink.
There is no word that we have said
Whereby the lips and heart arc fire;
No look the linked glances read
That held the springs of deep desire.
And yet the sounds her glad lips gave
Are on my soul vibrating still ;
Her eyes that swept me as a wave
Shine my soul's worship to fulfil.
Her hair, her eyes, her throat and chin-
Sweet hair, sweet eyes, sweet throat, so sweet,
So fair because the ways of sin
Have never known her perfect feet-
By what far ways and marvellous
May I such lovely heaven reach ?
What dread, dark seas and perilous
Lie 'twist love's silence and love's speech?
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJABXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001101 11110111 01010101 00110111 11011111 01010111 11110111 0111011 11111111 010101110 1101101 110111010 01010111 11111001 01111101 1111011 01010101 11111111 11010111 11010011 111101 11110101 11110100 11110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 847 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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