Analysis of The Treasure
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
When colour goes home into the eyes,
And lights that shine are shut again
With dancing girls and sweet birds’ cries
Behind the gateways of the brain;
And that no-place which gave them birth, shall close
The rainbow and the rose:—
Still may Time hold some golden space
Where I’ll unpack that scented store
Of song and flower and sky and face,
And count, and touch, and turn them o’er,
Musing upon them; as a mother, who
Has watched her children all the rich day through
Sits, quiet-handed, in the fading light,
When children sleep, ere night.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 01111101 11010111 0101101 0111111111 01001 11111101 11011101 110100101 01010111 1001110101 1101010111 1101000101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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