The Nun
Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)
So thy soul's meekness shrinks,
Too loth to show her face-
Why should she shun the world ?
It is a holy place.
Concealed to itself
If the flower kept its scent,
Of itself amorous,
Less rich its ornament.
Use-utmost in each kind-
Is beauty, truth in one,
While soul rays light to soul
In one God-linked sun.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 303 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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