Analysis of Marriage
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
LOVE springs as lightly from the human heart
As springs the lovely rose upon the brier,
Which turns the common hedge to floral fire,
As Love wings Time with rosy-feathered dart.
But marriage is the subtlest work of art
Of all the arts which lift the spirit higher;
The incarnation of the heart's desire--
Which masters Time--set on Man's will apart.
The Many try, but oh! how few are they
To whom that finest of the arts is given
Which shall teach Love, the rosy runaway,
To bide from bridal Morn to brooding Even.
Yet this--this only--is the narrow way
By which, while yet on earth, we enter heaven.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 11010101010 11010111010 1111110101 110101111 11011101010 00110101010 1101111101 0101111111 11110101110 111101010 11110111010 1111010101 11111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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