Analysis of To Manon, Comparing Her To A Falcon
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
BRAVE as a falcon and as merciless,
With bright eyes watching still the world, thy prey,
I saw thee pass in thy lone majesty,
Untamed, unmated, high above the press.
The dull crowd gazed at thee. It could not guess
The secret of thy proud aerial way,
Or read in thy mute face the soul which lay
A prisoner there in chains of tenderness.
—Lo, thou art captured. In my hand today
I hold thee, and awhile thou deignest to be
Pleased with my jesses. I would fain beguile
My foolish heart to think thou lovest me. See,
I dare not love thee quite. A little while
And thou shalt sail back heavenwards. Woe is me!
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Metre | 1101001100 1111010111 1111011100 1110101 0111111111 0101111001 1101110111 01001011100 1111001101 1110011111 111111101 1101111111 1111110101 011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 470 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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