Analysis of Ave Adonai
Aleister Crowley 1875 (Leamington Spa) – 1947 (Hastings)
[Dedicated to G. M. Marston]
Pale as the night that pales
In the dawn's pearl-pure pavillion,
I wait for thee, with my dove's breast
Shuddering, a god its bitter guest-
Have I not gilded my nails
And painted my lips with vermillion ?
Am I not wholly stript
Of the deeds and thoughts that obscure thee?
I wait for thee, my soul distraught
With aching for some nameless naught
In its most arcane crypt-
Am I not fit to endure thee?
Girded about the paps
With a golden girdle of glory,
Dost thou wait me, thy slave who am,
As a wolf lurks for a strayed white lamb?
The chain of the stars snaps,
And the deep of night is hoary!
Thou whose mouth is a flame
With its seven-edged sword proceeding,
Come ! I am writhing with despair
Like a snake taken in a snare,
Moaning thy mystical name
Till my tongue is torn and bleeding!
Have I not gilded my nails
And painted my lips with vermillion?
Yea ! thou art I; the deed awakes,
Thy lightening strikes; thy thunder breaks
Wild as the bride that wails
In the bridegroom's plumed pavillion!
Scheme | a baccBA cdeexd bdffxd ghiigh BAbxba |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100011110 110111 00111010 11111111 100011101 1111011 010111010 111101 101011011 11111101 11011101 01111 11111011 10101 101010110 11111111 101110111 011011 00111110 111101 111011010 11110101 10110001 1011001 11111010 1111011 010111010 1111011 110011101 110111 0011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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