Analysis of The Caverns of the Grave I've Seen
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
The Caverns of the Grave I've seen,
And these I show'd to England's Queen.
But now the Caves of Hell I view,
Who shall I dare to show them to?
What mighty soul i 362 n Beauty's form
Shall dauntless view the infernal storm?
Egremont's Countess can control
The flames of Hell that round me roll;
If she refuse, I still go on
Till the Heavens and Earth are gone,
Still admir'd by noble minds,
Follow'd by Envy on the winds,
Re-engrav'd time after time,
Ever in their youthful prime,
My designs unchang'd remain.
Time may rage, but rage in vain.
For above Time's troubled fountains,
On the great Atlantic Mountains,
In my Golden House on high,
There they shine eternally.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEFGHIIJJKKLM |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 01010111 01111101 11011111 11111111 11011111 11100101 110101 01111111 11011111 10100111 10101101 10110101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1111101 10111010 10101010 0110111 1110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 517 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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