Analysis of Unhousel'd, Unanointed, Unanel'd
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
When these men must go alone
Sans an absolution,
When their sins are heavy as lead,
Thou Thyself will lift the head ;
Thou, High Priest, wilt whisper low,
Te Absolvo! ere they go.
When there is no sacrifice,
Bread and Wine for Thy disguise,
Come Thou in the Spirit then;
As at Agincourt our men
With desire a blade of grass
Served as Eucharist and Mass.
Lay Thyself the oil on lips,
Limbs and eyes, before the eclipse--
As once Magdalen did to Thee--
And so speed them, safe and free,
To lie down with Thee a while
And to waken to Thy smile.
They shall sit down at the Feast
Where Thou are Sacrament and Priest.
Scheme | XXAABB XXCCDD EEFFGG HH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1111101 11010 11111011 111101 1111101 11111 111110 1011101 1100101 1110101 10100111 1110001 110111 10101001 11100111 0111101 1111101 0110111 1111101 11110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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