Analysis of Put Out My Eyes
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Put out my eyes, and I can see you still,
Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
And without any feet can go to you;
And tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
And grasp you with my heart as with a hand;
Arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;
And if you set this brain of mine afire,
Then on my blood-stream I yet will carry you.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011111 1111011111 0011011111 011110111 1111111111 0111111101 0111111111 0111111101 11111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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