Analysis of The Lion and the Lamb
Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)
I saw a Tiger's golden flank,
I saw what food he ate,
By a desert spring he drank;
The Tiger's name was Hate.
Then I saw a placid Lamb
Lying fast asleep;
Like a river from its dam
Flashed the Tiger's leap.
I saw a lion tawny-red,
Terrible and brave;
The Tiger's leap overhead
Broke like a wave.
In sand below or sun above
He faded like a flame.
The Lamb said, "I am Love;
Lion, tell your name."
The Lion's voice thundering
Shook his vaulted breast,
"I am Love. By this spring,
Brother, let us rest."
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010101 111111 1010111 010111 1110101 10101 1010111 10101 11010101 10001 0101101 1101 01011101 110101 011111 10111 0101100 11101 111111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 503 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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