Analysis of Love and Harmony

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



Love and harmony combine,
And round our souls entwine
While thy branches mix with mine,
And our roots together join.

Joys upon our branches sit,
Chirping loud and singing sweet;
Like gentle streams beneath our feet
Innocence and virtue meet.

Thou the golden fruit dost bear,
I am clad in flowers fair;
Thy sweet boughs perfume the air,
And the turtle buildeth there.

There she sits and feeds her young,
Sweet I hear her mournful song;
And thy lovely leaves among,
There is love, I hear his tongue.

There his charming nest doth lay,
There he sleeps the night away;
There he sports along the day,
And doth among our branches play.


Scheme AAAX XBBB CCCC DXDD EEEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1010010 0110101 1110111 01010101 10110101 1010101 110101101 1000101 1010111 1110101 1110101 001011 1110101 1110101 0110101 1111111 1110111 1110101 1110101 010110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 114
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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