Analysis of To You, Unsung
Frederick William (FW) Harvey 1888 (Hartpury, Gloucestershire) – 1957 (Yorkley, Gloucestershire)
How should I sing you ? — you who dwell unseen
Within the darkest chamber of my heart.
What picturesque and inward-turning art
Could shadow forth the image of my queen.
Sweet, world aloof, ineffably serene
Like holy dawn, yet so entirely part
Of what am I, as well a man might start
To paint his breathing, or his red blood's sheen.
Nay, seek yourself, who are their truest breath,
In these my songs made for delight of men.
Oh, where they fail, 'tis I that am in blame.
But, where the words loom larger than my pen.
Be sure they ring glad echoes of your name,
And Love that triumphs over Life and Death.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 0101010111 1100010101 111010111 1101101 11011101001 1111110111 1111011111 1101111101 0111110111 1111111101 1101110111 1111110111 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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