Analysis of Pauper Poet's Song

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



Sun, moon, and stars, the ample air,
The birds shrill whistling everywhere,
Fields white with lambs and daisies;
The pearls of eve, the jewelled morn,
The rose rich blowing on the thorn,
The glow of blush-rose faces;
The silver glint of sun-smit rain,
The shattered sun-gold of the main,
And heaven's sweet breath that moves it;
The earth, our myriad-bosomed nurse,
This whole miraculous universe
Belongs to him who loves it!

Why fret then for the gold of this,
The fame of that man, or the bliss,
Or such another's graces?
Oh heart that chim'st with golden verse,
My heart, thou art the magic purse
Which all dull trouble chases;
Thine too fruition of all fame
When the live soul, as flame with flame,
Weds the dead soul that moves it;
Then sing for aye, and aye rehearse,
This whole miraculous universe
Belongs to him who loves it!


Scheme aaxbbcddefFE ggxffchhefFE
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 0111010 1111010 0111011 01110101 0111110 01011111 01011101 01011111 011010011 11010010 0111111 11110111 01111101 1101010 11111101 11110101 1111010 11010111 10111111 1011111 11110101 11010010 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 841
Words 150
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 325
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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