Analysis of Her Name Liberty
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
I thought to do a deed of chivalry,
An act of worth, which haply in her sight
Who was my mistress should recorded be
And of the nations. And, when thus the fight
Faltered and men once bold with faces white
Turned this and that way in excuse to flee,
I only stood, and by the foeman's might
Was overborne and mangled cruelly.
Then crawled I to her feet, in whose dear cause
I made this venture, and ``Behold,'' I said,
``How I am wounded for thee in these wars.''
But she, ``Poor cripple, wouldst thou I should wed
A limbless trunk?'' and laughing turned from me.
Yet was she fair, and her name ``Liberty.''
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011100 111111001 1111010101 0101001101 1001111101 1101100111 110101011 1101010 1111010111 111100111 1111011011 1111011111 0101010111 11110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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