Analysis of Nearer
Nearer and ever nearer...
My body, tired but tense,
Hovers 'twixt vague pleasure
And tremulous confidence.
Arms to have and to use them
And a soul to be made
Worthy, if not worthy;
If afraid, unafraid.
To endure for a little,
To endure and have done:
Men I love about me,
Over me the sun!
And should at last suddenly
Fly the speeding death,
The four great quarters of heaven
Receive this littlle breath.
| Scheme | AXAX XBCB XDCD CEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1001010 1101011 101110 0100100 1110111 001111 101110 10101 1011010 101011 111011 10101 0111100 10101 01110110 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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