Analysis of Goddess In The Wood, The
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
In a flowered dell the Lady Venus stood,
Amazed with sorrow. Down the morning one
Far golden horn in the gold of trees and sun
Rang out; and held; and died. . . . She thought the wood
Grew quieter. Wing, and leaf, and pool of light
Forgot to dance. Dumb lay the unfalling stream;
Life one eternal instant rose in dream
Clear out of time, poised on a golden height. . . .
Till a swift terror broke the abrupt hour.
The gold waves purled amidst the green above her;
And a bird sang. With one sharp-taken breath,
By sunlit branches and unshaken flower,
The immortal limbs flashed to the human lover,
And the immortal eyes to look on death.
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Metre | 00101010101 0111010101 11010011101 1101011101 11001010111 011111011 1101010101 1111110101 10110100110 01110101010 0011111101 1110001010 001011101010 0001011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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