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.''


Scheme ABBACCAC DEBDEC
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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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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