Analysis of The Alchemist
Louise Bogan 1897 (Livermore Falls) – 1970 (New York City)
I burned my life, that I might find
A passion wholly of the mind,
Thought divorced from eye and bone,
Ecstasy come to breath alone.
I broke my life, to seek relief
From the flawed light of love and grief.
With mounting beat the utter fire
Charred existence and desire.
It died low, ceased its sudden thresh.
I had found unmysterious flesh --
Not the mind's avid substance -- still
Passionate beyond the will.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 01010101 1011101 10011101 11111101 10111101 110101010 10100010 11111101 11111 10110101 1000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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