Analysis of Orpheus I am, Come from the Deeps Below
Orpheus I am, come from the deeps below,
To thee, fond man, the plagues of love to show.
To the fair fields where loves eternal dwell
There's none that come, but first they pass through hell:
Hark, and beware! unless thou hast loved, ever
Beloved again, thou shalt see those joys never.
Hark how they groan that died despairing!
Oh, take heed, then!
Hark how they howl for over-daring!
All these were men.
They that be fools, and die for fame,
They lose their name;
And they that bleed,
Hark how they speed!
Now in cold frosts, now scorching fires
They sit, and curse their lost desires;
Nor shall these souls be free from pains and fears,
Till women waft them over in their tears.
Scheme | AABBCC DEDE FFGG HHXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011110101 1111011111 1011110101 1111111111 10010111110 01011111110 111111010 1111 111111010 1101 11110111 1111 0111 1111 101111010 110111010 1111111101 1101110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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