Analysis of O Pulchritudo
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
O Saint whose thousand shrines our feet have trod
And our eyes loved thy lamp's eternal beam,
Dim earthly radiance of the Unknown God,
Hope of the darkness, light of them that dream,
Far off, far off and faint, O glimmer on
Till we thy pilgrims from the road are gone.
O Word whose meaning every sense hath sought,
Voice of the teeming field and grassy mound,
Deep-whispering fountain of the wells of thought,
Will of the wind and soul of all sweet sound,
Far off, far off and faint, O murmur on
Till we thy pilgrims from the road are gone.
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Metre | 11110110111 01011110101 11010010011 1101011111 1111011101 1111010111 11110100111 1101010101 11001010111 1101011111 1111011101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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