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
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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