Analysis of Saving Love

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



Would we but love what will not pass away!
The sun that on each morning shines as clear
As when it rose first on the world's first year;
The fresh green leaves that rustle on the spray.
The sun will shine, the leaves will be as gay
When graves are full of all our hearts held dear,
When not a soul of those who loved us here,
Not one, is left us--creatures of decay.

Yea, love the Abiding in the Universe
Which was before, and will be after us.
Nor yet for ever hanker and vainly cry
For human love--the beings that change or die;
Die--change--forget: to care so is a curse,
Yet cursed we'll be rather than not care thus.


Scheme ABBAABXA CDEECD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 0111110111 1111110111 0111110101 0111011111 11111110111 1101111111 1111110101 1100100010 1101011101 11110100101 11010101111 1101111101 1111101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 629
Words 123
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 238
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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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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