Analysis of Song Of Songs
Wilfred Owen 1893 (Oswestry) – 1918 (Sambre–Oise Canal)
Sing me at morn but only with your laugh;
Even as Spring that laugheth into leaf;
Even as Love that laugheth after Life.
Sing me but only with your speech all day,
As voluble leaflets do; let viols die;
The least word of your lips is melody!
Sing me at eve but only your sigh!
Like lifting seas it solaceth; breathe so,
Slowly and low, the sense that no songs say.
Sing me at midnight with your murmurous heart!
Let youth's immortal-moaning chord be heard
Throbbing through you, and sobbing, unsubdued.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 101111011 101111101 1111011111 1100101111 0111111100 111111011 11011111 1001011111 11111111 1101010111 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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