Analysis of Expectans Expectavi
Charles Hamilton Sorley 1895 (Aberdeen) – 1915 (Hulluch, Lens)
From morn to midnight, all day through,
I laugh and play as others do,
I sin and chatter, just the same
As others with a different name.
And all year long upon the stage
I dance and tumble and do rage
So vehemently, I scarcely see
The inner and eternal me.
I have a temple I do not
Visit, a heart I have forgot,
A self that I have never met,
A secret shrine -- and yet, and yet
This sanctuary of my soul
Unwitting I keep white and whole,
Unlatched and lit, if Thou should'st care
To enter or to tarry there.
With parted lips and outstretched hands
And listening ears Thy servant stands,
Call Thou early, call Thou late,
To Thy great service dedicate.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111 11011101 11010101 110101001 01110101 11010011 110001101 01000101 11010111 10011101 01111101 01010101 1100111 01011101 10111111 11011101 11010011 010011101 1110111 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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