Analysis of Samuel Brown
Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874
He came with us to thy great gates, oh Thou
Unopened Age. Our noise was like the wind
Chafing the wordy Deep; but broad and blind
They stood unmoved. Then He,-we knew not how,-
Laid forth his hand upon them. Lo, they grind
Revolving thunders! Lo, on his dark brow
The unknown light! Lo
Azrael came behind
And touched him. They clanged back, and all was Now.
We wondered and forgot; but He, unbent,
With eye still strained to the forbidden day,
Towered in the likeness of his great intent
As if his act should be his monument,
Till Azrael pitied such sublime dismay,
And led him onward by another way.
Scheme | ABBABACBABDEFDD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1111111111 01011011101 1001011101 1101111111 1111011111 0101011111 00111 1101 0111110111 110001111 1111101001 10001011101 1111111100 11110101 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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