Analysis of The Mystery



I am the wind which breathes upon the sea,
I am the wave of the ocean,
I am the murmur of the billows,
I am the ox of the seven combats,
I am the vulture upon the rocks,
I am the beam of the sun,
I am the fairest of plants,
I am the wild boar in valour,
I am a salmon in the water,
I am a lake in the plain,
I am a word of science,
I am the point of the lance of battle,
I am the God who created in the head the fire.
Who is it who throws light into the meeting on the mountain?
Who announces the ages of the moon?
Who teaches the place where couches the sun?
(If not I)


Scheme ABCDEBFGGHIJGBKBL
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 11011010 110101010 1101101001 110100101 1101101 1101011 1101101 110100010 1101001 1101110 1101101110 11011010001010 111111010101010 1010010101 1100111001 111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 554
Words 128
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 425
Words per stanza (avg) 128
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Submitted by brian_s on October 17, 2017

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Amergin

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