Analysis of The Mystery
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
He came and took me by the hand
Up to a red rose tree,
He kept His meaning to Himself
But gave a rose to me.
I did not pray Him to lay bare
The mystery to me,
Enough the rose was Heaven to smell,
And His own face to see.
Scheme | ABCBDBEB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 110111 11110101 110111 11111111 010011 010111011 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 228 |
Words | 53 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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