Analysis of Love is enough

William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)



LOVE is enough: though the World be a-waning,
And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining,
   Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to discover
The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder,
Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder,
   And this day draw a veil over all deeds pass'd over,
Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter;
The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter
   These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.


Scheme AABBBBBBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11011011010 0011111011010 1011111111010 0110101101 1011110010110 0111011011110 1111110111110 011110011110 110111010010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 507
Words 94
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 385
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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William Morris

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