Analysis of Love Is Strong
Richard Francis Burton 1821 (Torquay) – 1890 (Trieste)
A VIEWLESS thing is the wind,
But its strength is mightier far
Than a phalanxed host in battle line,
Than the limbs of a Samson are.
And a viewless thing is Love,
And a name that vanisheth;
But her strength is the wind’s wild strength above,
For she conquers shame and Death.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011101 11111001 10110101 10110101 001111 00111 1011011101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 296 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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