Analysis of Doubts
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
When she sleeps, her soul, I know,
Goes a wanderer on the air,
Wings where I may never go,
Leaves her lying, still and fair,
Waiting, empty, laid aside,
Like a dress upon a chair. . . .
This I know, and yet I know
Doubts that will not be denied.
For if the soul be not in place,
What has laid trouble in her face?
And, sits there nothing ware and wise
Behind the curtains of her eyes,
What is it, in the self's eclipse,
Shadows, soft and passingly,
About the corners of her lips,
The smile that is essential she?
And if the spirit be not there,
Why is fragrance in the hair?
Scheme | ABABCBAC DDEEFXFX BB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 10100101 1111101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11011101 11110001 01110101 01010101 11100101 1101 01010101 01110101 01010111 1110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 565 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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