Analysis of The Burning Of The Temple

Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)



Fierce wrath of Solomon,
Where sleepest thou ?
0 see, The fabric which thou won
Earth and ocean to give thee-
0 look at the red skies.

Or hath the sun plunged down ?
What is this molten gold-
These thundering fires blown
Through heaven, where the smoke rolled ?
Again the great king dies.

His dreams go out in smoke.
His days he let not pass
And sculptured here are broke,
Are charred as the burnt grass,
Gone as his mouth's last sighs.


Scheme AXAXB XCXCB DEDEB
Poetic Form
Metre 111100 111 1010111 1010111 11011 110111 111101 1100101 1101011 010111 111101 111111 010111 111011 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 430
Words 83
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Isaac Rosenberg

Isaac Rosenberg was an English poet of the First World War. more…

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