Analysis of The Revelation

Coventry Patmore 1823 (Woodford, London) – 1896 (Lymington)



An idle poet, here and there,
Looks around him; but, for all the rest,
The world, unfathomably fair,
Is duller than a witling's jest.
Love wakes men, once a lifetime each;
They lift their heavy lids, and look;
And, lo, what one sweet page can teach,
They read with joy, then shut the book.
And some give thanks, and some blaspheme
And most forget; but, either way,
That and the Child's unheeded dream
Is all the light of all their day.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 11010101 101111101 0111 1101011 1111011 11110101 01111111 11111101 0111011 01011101 10010101 11011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 83
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 331
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Coventry Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage. more…

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