Analysis of Libido
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
How should I know? The enormous wheels of will
Drove me cold-eyed on tired and sleepless feet.
Night was void arms and you a phantom still,
And day your far light swaying down the street.
As never fool for love, I starved for you;
My throat was dry and my eyes hot to see.
Your mouth so lying was most heaven in view,
And your remembered smell most agony.
Love wakens love! I felt your hot wrist shiver
And suddenly the mad victory I planned
Flashed real, in your burning bending head. . . .
My conqueror's blood was cool as a deep river
In shadow; and my heart beneath your hand
Quieter than a dead man on a bed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110010111 11111100101 1111010101 0111110101 1101111111 1111011111 11110111001 0101011100 1111111110 01000110011 110110101 110011110110 010110111 1001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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