Analysis of The Root

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 1863 (Bodmin, Cornwall) – 1944 (Cornwall)



Deep, Love, yea, very deep.
And in the dark exiled,
I have no sense of light but still to creep
And know the breast, but not the eyes. Thy child
Saw ne'er his mother near, nor if she smiled;
But only feels her weep.

Yet clouds and branches green
There be aloft, somewhere,
And winds, and angel birds that build between,
As I believe--and I will not despair;
For faith is evidence of things not seen.
Love! if I could be there!

I will be patient, dear.
Perchance some part of me
Puts forth aloft and feels the rushing year
And shades the bird, and is that happy tree
Then were it strength to serve and not appear,
And bliss, though blind, to be.


Scheme ABABBA CDCDCD EFEFEF
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 00011 1111111111 0101110111 1111011111 110101 110101 11011 0101011101 1101011101 1111001111 111111 111101 011111 1101010101 0101011101 1011110101 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 635
Words 126
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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