Analysis of Vision
Joyce Kilmer 1886 (New Brunswick) – 1918 (Seringes-et-Nesles)
Homer, they tell us, was blind and could not see the beautiful faces
Looking up into his own and reflecting the joy of his dream,
Yet did he seem
Gifted with eyes that could follow the gods to their holiest places.
I have no vision of gods, not of Eros with love-arrows laden,
Jupiter thundering death or of Juno his white-breasted queen,
Yet have I seen
All of the joy of the world in the innocent heart of a maiden.
| Scheme | ABBA CDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111110111010010 1010111001001111 1111 10111110011110010 11110111110111010 1001001111011101 1111 11011010010011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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