Analysis of Songs Of Experience: Introduction

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.

Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might controll.
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 slumbrous 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
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 101101 1101101 1111 0101 11010101 10011 01000101 111 0101 01010101 111101 01110101 111 001 101011 10111 111101 0101 01001 110110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 480
Words 93
Sentences 8
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 March 29, 2023

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