Analysis of Apparitions
Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) – 1889 (Venice)
(_Prologue to 'The Two Poets of Croisic.'_)
Such a starved bank of moss
Till, that May-morn,
Blue ran the flash across:
Violets were born!
Sky--what a scowl of cloud
Till, near and far,
Ray on ray split the shroud:
Splendid, a star!
World--how it walled about
Life with disgrace,
Till God's own smile came out:
That was thy face!
| Scheme | X ABAB CDCD EFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011011 101111 1111 110101 10001 110111 1101 111101 1001 111101 1101 111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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