Analysis of Song: One Hard Look
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Small gnats that fly
In hot July
And lodge in sleeping ears,
Can rouse therein
A trumpet's din
With Day-of-Judgement fears.
Small mice at night
Can wake more fright
Than lions at midday.
An urchin small
Torments us all
Who tread his prickly way.
A straw will crack
The camel's back,
To die we need but sip,
So little sand
As fills the hand
Can stop a steaming ship.
One smile relieves
A heart that grieves
Though deadly sad it be,
And one hard look
Can close the book
That lovers love to see--
| Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 011 010101 1101 011 111101 1111 1111 11011 1101 111 111101 0111 0101 111111 1101 1101 110101 1101 0111 110111 0111 1101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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