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
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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Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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