Analysis of A Minor Poet
Stephen Vincent Benet 1898 (Bethlehem) – 1943 (New York City)
I am a shell. From me you shall not hear
The splendid tramplings of insistent drums,
The orbed gold of the viol's voice that comes,
Heavy with radiance, languorous and clear.
Yet, if you hold me close against the ear,
A dim, far whisper rises clamorously,
The thunderous beat and passion of the sea,
The slow surge of the tides that drown the mere.
Others with subtle hands may pluck the strings,
Making even Love in music audible,
And earth one glory. I am but a shell
That moves, not of itself, and moving sings;
Leaving a fragrance, faint as wine new-shed,
A tremulous murmur from great days long dead.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111111 010110101 011101111 101100101 1111110101 01110101 01001010101 0111011101 1011011101 10101010100 0111011101 1111010101 1001011111 01001011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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