Analysis of Renouncement
Alice Meynell 1847 (London) – 1922
I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong,
I shun the love that lurks in all delight--
The love of thee--and in the blue heaven's height,
And in the dearest passage of a song.
Oh, just beyond the sweetest thoughts that throng
This breast, the thought of thee waits hidden yet bright;
But it must never, never come in sight;
I must stop short of thee the whole day long.
But when sleep comes to close each difficult day,
When night gives pause to the long watch I keep,
And all my bonds I needs must loose apart,
Must doff my will as raiment laid away,--
With the first dream that comes with the first sleep
I run, I run, I am gather'd to thy heart.
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Metre | 11111101011 1101110101 01110001101 0001010101 1101010111 11011111011 1111010101 1111110111 11111111001 1111101111 0111111101 111111101 1011111011 11111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 501 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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