Analysis of My Light Thou Art
Lord John Wilmot 1647 (Ditchley, Oxfordshire) – 1680 (Woodstock, Oxfordshire)
My light thou art, without thy glorious sight
My eyes are darkened with eternal night;
My Love, thou art my way, my life, my light.
Thou art my way, I wander if thou fly;
Thou art my light, if hid, how blind am I!
Thou art my life, if thou withdraw'st I die.
Thou art my life; if thou but turn away,
My life's a thousand deaths. Thou art my way;
Without thee, Love, I travel not, but stray.
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Poetic Form | Triplet |
Metre | 11110111001 1111010101 1111111111 1111110111 1111111111 11111101111 1111111101 1101011111 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 390 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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