Analysis of You
Nelly Sachs 1891 (Schöneberg) – 1970 (Stockholm)
Who played with nothing but balls of water
that smashed, soundless, the air.
Yet glimpse of seven lit a vision
shared.
One heartbeat: one
in the space of what? angels
Your fiery enterprise when —
Hush! a soul went —
| Scheme | XX AX AX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011110 11101 111101010 1 111 0011110 1100101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
Font size:
Submitted on December 10, 2018
Modified on April 25, 2023
- 12 sec read
- 49 Views
2 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"You" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/47788/you>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Nelly Sachs poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In