Analysis of Martyr’s Memorial

Louise Imogen Guiney 1861 (Roxbury) – 1920



SUCH natural debts of love our Oxford knows,
So many ancient dues undesecrate,
I marvel how the landmark of a hate
For witness unto future time she chose;
How out of her corroborate ranks arose
The three, in great denial only great,
For Art’s enshrining!… Thus, averted straight,
My soul to seek a holier captain goes:
That sweet adventurer whom Truth befell
When as the synagogues were watching not;
Whose crystal name on royal Oriel
Hangs like a shield; who, to an outland spot
Led hence, beholds his Star, and counts it well
Of all his dear domain to live forgot.


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Poetic Form
Metre 110011110101 1101011 110101101 1101010111 1110010101 0101010101 11110101 11110100101 1101001101 110100101 11011101 110111111 111110111 1111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 567
Words 104
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 449
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Louise Imogen Guiney

Louise Imogen Guiney was an American poet, essayist and editor born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. more…

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