Analysis of Dumb
Aleister Crowley 1875 (Leamington Spa) – 1947 (Hastings)
Gabriel whispered in mine ear
His archangelic poesie.
How can I write? I only hear
The sobbing murmur of the sea.
Raphael breathed and bade me pass
His rapt evangel to mankind;
I cannot even match, alas!
The ululation of the wind.
The gross grey gods like gargoyles spit
On every poet's holy head;
No mustard-seed of truth or wit
In those curst furrows, quick or dead!
A tithe of what I know would cleanse
The leprosy of earth; and I -
My limits are like other men's.
I must live dumb, and dumb must die!
Scheme | ABAB BCBC DEDE BFBF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10010011 111 11111101 01010101 0110111 111111 11010101 01101 0111111 110010101 11011111 0111111 01111111 01001101 11011101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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