Analysis of Hope
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
All treasures of the earth and opulent seas,
Metals and odorous woods and cunning gold,
Fowls of the air and furry beasts untold,
Vineyards and harvest fields and fruitful trees
Nature gave unto Man; and last her keys
Vouched passage to her secret ways of old
Whence knowledge should be wrung, nay power to mould
Out of the rough, his occult destinies.
But tired of these he craved a wider scope:
Then fair as Pallas from the brain of Jove
From his deep wish there sprang, full-armed, to cope
With all life's ills, even very death in love,
The only thing man never wearies of--
His own creation--visionary Hope.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101001 10010010101 1101010101 1001010101 1011010101 1101010111 11011111011 1101101100 11011110101 1111010111 1111111111 11111010101 010111011 110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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