Analysis of Montserrat
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Peace waits among the hills;
I have drunk peace,
Here, where the blue air fills
The great cup of the hills,
And fills with peace.
Between the earth and sky,
I have seen the earth
Like a dark cloud go by,
And fade out of the sky;
There was no more earth.
Here, where the Holy Graal
Brought secret light
Once, from beyond the veil,
I, seeing no Holy Graal,
See divine light.
Light fills the hills with God,
Wind with his breath,
And here, in his abode,
Light, wind, and air praise God,
And this poor breath.
Scheme | ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHXGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 110101 1111 110111 011101 0111 010101 11101 101111 011101 11111 110101 1101 110101 1101101 1011 110111 1111 010101 110111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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