Analysis of The Deeds That Might Have Been
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
There are wrongs done in the fair face of heaven
Which cry aloud for vengeance, and shall cry;
Loves beautiful in strength whose wit has striven
Vainly with loss and man's inconstancy;
Dead children's faces watched by souls that die;
Pure streams defiled; fair forests idly riven;
A nation suppliant in its agony
Calling on justice, and no help is given.
All these are pitiful. Yet, after tears,
Come rest and sleep and calm forgetfulness,
And God's good providence consoles the years.
Only the coward heart which did not guess,
The dreamer of brave deeds that might have been,
Shall cureless ache with wounds for ever green.
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Metre | 11110011110 1101110011 11000111110 1011010100 1101011111 1111101010 010101100 10110011110 1111001101 1101011 0111000101 1001011111 0101111111 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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