Analysis of The Lovers
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
See how in their veins all becomes spirit:
into each other they mature and grow.
Like axles, their forms tremblingly orbit,
round which it whirls, bewitching and aglow.
Thirsters, and they receive drink,
watchers, and see: they receive sight.
Let them into one another sink
so as to endure each other outright.
Scheme | ABABCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 1101110110 0111010101 11011110 11111001 101011 10011011 110110101 1110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 317 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 247 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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