Analysis of Ante Aram
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Before thy shrine I kneel, an unknown worshipper,
Chanting strange hymns to thee and sorrowful litanies,
Incense of dirges, prayers that are as holy myrrh.
Ah, goddess, on thy throne of tears and faint low sighs,
Weary at last to theeward come the feet that err,
And empty hearts grown tired of the world's vanities.
How fair this cool deep silence to a wanderer
Deaf with the roar of winds along the open skies!
Sweet, after sting and bitter kiss of sea-water,
The pale Lethean wine within thy chalices!
I come before thee, I, too tired wanderer,
To heed the horror of the shrine, the distant cries,
And evil whispers in the gloom, or the swift whirr
Of terrible wings -- I, least of all thy votaries,
With a faint hope to see the scented darkness stir,
And, parting, frame within its quiet mysteries
One face, with lips than autumn-lilies tenderer,
And voice more sweet than the far plaint of viols is,
Or the soft moan of any grey-eyed lute-player.
Scheme | ABA CAB ACA BAC ABA BAX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111011 1011110100100 01111111101 110111110111 10111110111 0101110101100 111111010100 110111010101 110101011110 01110111 110111110100 110101010101 010100011011 11001111111 101111010101 010101110100 1111110101 01111011111 101111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 948 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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