Analysis of At The Parting Of The Ways
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
Here our roads part. Go thou by thy green valley,
Thy youth before thee and the river Nile.
My path lies o'er the desert, and my galley
Has rougher seas to plough (and days) the while.
I know not what to offer you: a smile,
A blessing, a farewell? I dare not dally
Even with the thought of tears. 'Twas but a mile
We walked together, and such things were folly.
I will not hope, who have no faith in fate,
That I shall you remember or you me
Beyond to--morrow. Yet, perhaps the wind
Blowing some morning through its Eastern gate
May tell you of my fortune; and behind
The Western star some evening I may see,
As in a vision of far days more kind,
Your dear eyes watching while the night grows blind.
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Metre | 110111111110 1101100101 111100100110 1101110101 1111110101 0100111110 10101111101 11010011010 1111111101 1111010111 0111010101 1011011101 1111110001 0101110111 1001011111 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 538 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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