Analysis of The Two Voices
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
There are two voices with me in the night,
Easing my grief. The God of Israel saith,
``I am the Lord thy God which vanquisheth.
See that thou walk unswerving in my sight,
So shall thy enemies thy footstool be.
I will avenge.'' Then wake I suddenly,
And, as a man new armoured for the fight,
I shout aloud against my enemy.
Anon, another speaks, a voice of care
With sorrow laden and akin to grief,
``My son,'' it saith, ``What is my will with thee?
The burden of my sorrows thou shalt share.
With thieves thou too shalt be accounted thief,
And in my kingdom thou shalt sup with me.''
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011001 10110111001 11011111 1111010011 111100111 111111100 010111101 1101011100 101010111 1101000111 1111111111 0101110111 1111110101 0011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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