Analysis of Hear the Voice of the Bard
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Hear the voice of the Bard !
Who present, past, and future sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walked among the ancient trees,
Calling the lapsed soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might control
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen, light renew!
'O Earth, O Earth, return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.
'Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore,
Is given thee till the break of day.'
Scheme | XABBA CDCCD XEFFE GHGGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 101101 11010101 1111 0101 11010101 10011 01000101 1101 0101 01010101 111101 01110101 111 001 101011 10111 111101 0101 01001 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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