Analysis of Though Deep Indifference Should Drowse
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
THOUGH deep indifference should drowse
The sluggish life beneath my brows,
And all the external things I see
Grow snow-showers in the street to me,
Yet inmost in my stormy sense
Thy looks shall be an influence.
Though other loves may come and go
And long years sever us below,
Shall the thin ice that grows above
Freeze the deep centre-well of love?
No, still below light amours, thou
Shalt rule me as thou rul'st me now.
Year following year shall only set
Fresh gems upon thy coronet;
And Time, grown lover, shall delight
To beautify thee in my sight;
And thou shalt ever rule in me
Crowned with the light of memory.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010011 01010111 010010111 111000111 1101101 11111100 11011101 01110101 10111101 10110111 1101111 11111111 110011101 11011101 01110101 1101011 01110101 11011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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