Analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 45. The baby new to earth and sky
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
The baby new to earth and sky,
What time his tender palm is prest
Against the circle of the breast,
Has never thought that "this is I":
But as he grows he gathers much,
And learns the use of "I," and "me,"
And finds "I am not what I see,
And other than the things I touch."
So rounds he to a separate mind
From whence clear memory may begin,
As thro' the frame that binds him in
His isolation grows defined.
This use may lie in blood and breath
Which else were fruitless of their due,
Had man to learn himself anew
Beyond the second birth of Death.
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFE GHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11110111 01010101 11011111 11111101 01011101 01111111 01010111 11110101 111100101 11011110 1010101 11110101 11010111 11110101 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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