Analysis of The Thread of Truth
Arthur Hugh Clough 1819 (Liverpool) – 1861 (Florence)
Truth is a golden thread, seen here and there
In small bright specks upon the visible side
Of our strange being's parti-coloured web.
How rich the universe! 'Tis a vein of ore
Emerging now and then on Earth's rude breast,
But flowing full below. Like islands set
At distant intervals on Ocean's face,
We see it on our course; but in the depths
The mystic colonnade unbroken keeps
Its faithful way, invisible but sure.
Oh, if it be so, wherefore do we men
Pass by so many marks, so little heeding?
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011101 01110101001 11011010101 1101010111 0101011111 1101011101 1101001101 11111011001 010010101 1101010011 111111111 11110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 504 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 388 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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