Analysis of The Sleeping Beauty

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



There was intoxication in the air;
The wind, keen blowing from across the seas,
O'er leagues of new-ploughed land and heathery leas,
Smelt of wild gorse whose gold flamed everywhere.
And undertone of song pulsed far and near,
The soaring larks filled heaven with ecstasies,
And, like a living clock among the trees,
The shouting cuckoo struck the time of year.

For now the Sun had found the earth once more,
And woke the Sleeping Beauty with a kiss;
Who thrilled with light of love in every pore,
Opened her flower-blue eyes, and looked in his.
Then all things felt life fluttering at their core--
The world shook mystical in lambent bliss.


Scheme ABBACBBC DEDXDE
Poetic Form
Metre 110010001 0111010101 1011111011 111111110 010111101 010111011 0101010101 010110111 1101110111 0101010101 11111101001 10010110101 11111100111 011100011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 648
Words 114
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 254
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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