Analysis of Failure
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Because God put His adamantine fate
Between my sullen heart and its desire,
I swore that I would burst the Iron Gate,
Rise up, and curse Him on His throne of fire.
Earth shuddered at my crown of blasphemy,
But Love was as a flame about my feet;
Proud up the Golden Stair I strode; and beat
Thrice on the Gate, and entered with a cry --
All the great courts were quiet in the sun,
And full of vacant echoes: moss had grown
Over the glassy pavement, and begun
To creep within the dusty council-halls.
An idle wind blew round an empty throne
And stirred the heavy curtains on the walls.
Scheme | ABABXCCX DEDFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111 01110101010 1111110101 11011111110 1101111100 1111010111 1101011101 1101010101 1011010001 0111010111 1001010001 1101010101 1101111101 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 586 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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