Analysis of A Violinist
Francis William Bourdillon 1852 (Runcorn) – 1921
THE LARK above our heads doth know
A heaven we see not here below;
She sees it, and for joy she sings;
Then falls with ineffectual wings.
Ah, soaring soul! faint not nor tire!
Each heaven attained reveals a higher.
Thy thought is of thy failure; we
List raptured, and thank God for thee.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010110111 010111101 11101111 11101001 110111110 1100101010 11111101 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 302 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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