Analysis of Primacy Of Mind
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Above the glow of molten steel,
The roar of furnace, forge, and shed,
Protectress of the City's weal,
Now, Learning rears her loftier head;
That Progress may at length descry
It lacks the clue to guide aright,
And, conscious of its blindness, cry
Unto the Muse, ``More light! More light!''
That Wealth may fitly yield the throne
To Letters, Science, artist-skill,
And Matter, willing subject, own
Mind must be lord and master still.
Scheme | ABAB CBCX DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01011101 01110101 110101 110101001 111111 1101111 01011101 10011111 1111101 11010101 01010011 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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