Analysis of Infinitely
Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)
The hounds of despair, the hounds of the autumnal wind,
Gnaw with their howling the black echoes of evenings.
The darkness, immensely, gropes in the emptiness
For the moon, seen by the light of water.
From point to point, over there, the distant lights,
And in the sky, above, dreadful voices
Coming and going from the infinity of the marshes and planes
To the infinity of the valleys and the woods.
And roadways that stretch out like sails
And pass each other, coming unfolded in the distance, soundlessly,
While lengthening beneath the stars,
Through the shadows and the terror of the night.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110101100101 111100110110 010010100100 1011101110 11111010101 0001011010 10010100100101001 1001001010001 0111111 011101001000101 11000101 1010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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