Analysis of Hero-Worship
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
A face seen passing in a crowded street,
A voice heard singing music, large and free;
And from that moment life is changed, and we
Become of more heroic temper, meet
To freely ask and give, a man complete
Radiant because of faith, we dare to be
What Nature meant us. Brave idolatry
Which can conceive a hero! No deceit,
No knowledge taught by unrelenting years,
Can quench this fierce, untamable desire.
We know that what we long for once achieved
Will cease to satisfy. Be still our fears;
If what we worship fail us, still the fire
Burns on, and it is much to have believed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111000101 0111010101 0111011101 0111010101 1101010101 10001111111 1101110100 1101010101 110110101 11111010 1111111101 1111011101 11110111010 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 452 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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