Analysis of To the Muses
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Whether on Ida's shady brow,
Or in the chambers of the East,
The chambers of the sun, that now
From ancient melody have ceas'd;
Whether in Heav'n ye wander fair,
Or the green corners of the earth,
Or the blue regions of the air,
Where the melodious winds have birth;
Whether on crystal rocks ye rove,
Beneath the bosom of the sea
Wand'ring in many a coral grove,
Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry!
How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoy'd in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move!
The sound is forc'd, the notes are few!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011101 10010101 01010111 11010011 10011101 10110101 10110101 100100111 10110111 01010101 110100101 11010100 11110101 11110101 01011101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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