Analysis of Ah Sunflower
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101011 1101101 101011101 1011011 1011011010 001101001 01111001 11101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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