Analysis of In The Garden II: Visions

Edward Dowden 1843 (Cork) – 1913



HERE I am slave of visions. When noon heat
Strikes the red walls, and their environ'd air
Lies steep'd in sun; when not a creature dare
Affront the fervour, from my dim retreat
Where woof of leaves embowers a beechen seat,
With chin on palm, and wide-set eyes I stare,
Beyond the liquid quiver and the glare,
Upon fair shapes that move on silent feet.
Those Three strait-robed, and speechless as they pass,
Come often, touch the lute, nor heed me more
Than birds or shadows heed; that naked child
Is dove-like Psyche slumbering in deep grass;
Sleep, sleep,--he heeds thee not, yon Sylvan wild
Munching the russet apple to its core.


Scheme ABBAABBACDECED
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 10110111 1101110101 010111101 11111011 1111011111 0101010001 0111111101 1111010111 1101011111 111111101 11110100011 1111111101 1001010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 639
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 494
Words per stanza (avg) 112
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Edward Dowden

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