Analysis of II. Safety
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Dear! of all happy in the hour, most blest
He who has found our hid security,
Assured in the dark tides of the world that rest,
And heard our word, `Who is so safe as we?'
We have found safety with all things undying,
The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth,
The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying,
And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth.
We have built a house that is not for Time's throwing.
We have gained a peace unshaken by pain for ever.
War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
Secretly armed against all death's endeavour;
Safe though all safety's lost; safe where men fall;
And if these poor limbs die, safest of all.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110001011 11111010100 01001110111 01101111111 11110111010 0101011101 01101100110 01010000101 111011111110 1110101011110 11110111110 10010111010 1111011111 0111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 506 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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