Analysis of Love's Secret
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
As a most happy mother feels the stir
Of that new life which quickens with her life,
And knows that virtue has gone forth from her
To doubly sanctify the name of wife;
Yet, for her joy's sake, and because pride
Is too unutterably sanctified,
And all the heaven of heavens within her breast
Too dearly and too intimately possessed,
Speaks not a word, but folds her new delight
With a rapt silence, comforting as night;
So, when I felt the quickening life that came
To bid my life's long-slumbering currents move,
I set the seal of silence on your name,
And, for my love's sake, never told my love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010101 1111110101 0111011110 1101000111 110110011 1111 010101100101 11001100001 1101110101 1011010011 11110100111 11111100101 1101110111 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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