Analysis of Nuit
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
The all upholding,
The all enfolding,
The all beholding,
Most secret Night;
From whose abysses,
With wordless blisses,
The Sun's first kisses,
Called gods to light.
One god undying,
But multiplying,
Restlessly trying,
Doing: undone.
Through myriad changes,
He sweeps and ranges;
But life estranges
Many in one.
In wild commotion,
Out of the ocean,
With moan and motion,
Wave upon waves,
Mingling in thunder,
Rise and go under:
Break, life, asunder;
Night has her graves.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 011 01010 1101 111 1101 01110 1111 11010 1100 10010 1001 110010 11010 111 1001 01010 11010 11010 1011 100010 10110 11010 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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