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.


Scheme XXX ABX BXA XXA
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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Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. more…

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