Analysis of Hidden Harmony
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
THE thoughts in me are very calm and high
That think upon your love: yet by your leave
You shall not greatly marvel that this eve
Or nightfall—yet scarce nightfall—the strong sky
Leaves me thus sad. Now if you ask me why,
I cannot teach you, dear; but I believe
It is that man will always interweave
Life with fresh want, with wish or fear to die.
It may be therefore,—though the matter touch
Nowise our love,—that I so often look
Sad in your presence, often feeling so.
And of the reason I can tell thus much:—
Man's soul is like the music in a book
Which were not music but for high and low.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110101 1101111111 1111010111 11111011 1111111111 1101111101 11111101 1111111111 111110101 1101111101 1011010101 0101011111 1111010001 1011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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