Analysis of The Lute And The Lyre
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837 (London) – 1909 (London)
Deep desire, that pierces heart and spirit to the root,
Finds reluctant voice in verse that yearns like soaring fire,
Takes exultant voice when music holds in high pursuit
Deep desire.
Keen as burns the passion of the rose whose buds respire,
Strong as grows the yearning of the blossom toward the fruit,
Sounds the secret half unspoken ere the deep tones tire.
Slow subsides the rapture that possessed love's flower-soft lute,
Slow the palpitation of the triumph of the lyre:
Still the soul feels burn, a flame unslaked though these be mute,
Deep desire.
Scheme | abaB bab axaB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111010101 10101011111010 1010111010101 1010 111010101111 11101010100101 10101010101110 10101010111011 100101010101 101110111111 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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