Analysis of The Clod and the Pebble
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
'Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair.'
So sung a little clod of clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a pebble of the brook
Warbled out these meters meet:
'Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a hell in heaven's despite.'
Scheme | ABAB XCXC ADAD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110111 11011101 11010111 010100101 11010111 101011 1010101 1011101 1110111 110101101 10010111 010101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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